> > I don't think that is a major problem in the case of using one FF800. > > MMmm, then you introduce the Hard Drive. There is a fair bit of > > uncertainty, however, the different HD's out there, certainly don't > > all behave the same. So, I guess it's a matter of getting some > > physical experience with different combinations of equipment. > > Just to review - I have about 3 devices in a FW400 hub (granite digital) > and two drives (hot swap granite digital) daisy chained into the 800 > port. Do the drives run at 800 or 400? (Actually, the drive cases are > IDE, so it's probably only a marginal performance increment to the 400 > drives.) I wonder if you can get SATA in an 800 Firewire case? > No point, get a SATA PCMCIA card, this will whip any FW800 array as the limiting factor on your drives will be the FW chip, not the HD itself! Mike