Can this drive be daisy chained? I have a 2tb WD FW800 drive. Can I plug that into this via FW800, then USB 3 into my computer?
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I've never daisy chained using two different connections, but I don't think that would be a problem. The drive does daisy chain, yes. I've daisy chained several G-Technology drives using the FW800.
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this hard drive allows you to do it. i have daisy chained it to a lacie external drive. it is easy to do. the wd comes with 2 firewire cords and 2 ports. the first cord goes into one of the wd's ports and then into your laptop's firewire port. the second one goes from the second firewire port in the wd into the firewire port of your other drive. then they both will show up on your desktop. to eject them, just drag both icons to the trash and unplug. i always remove them before i start my powerbook. soometimes the powerbook gets confused and doesn't know which hard drive to recognize for start up. easier to plug them in after i have booted up my mac. hope this helps. this hard drive allows you to do it. i have daisy chained it to a lacie external drive. it is easy to do. the wd comes with 2 firewire cords and 2 ports. the first cord goes into one of the wd's ports and then into your laptop's firewire port. the second one goes from the second firewire port in the wd into the firewire port of your other drive. then they both will show up on your desktop. to eject them, just drag both icons to the trash and unplug. i always remove them before i start my powerbook. soometimes the powerbook gets confused and doesn't know which hard drive to recognize for... » Read More this hard drive allows you to do it. i have daisy chained it to a lacie external drive. it is easy to do. the wd comes with 2 firewire cords and 2 ports. the first cord goes into one of the wd's ports and then into your laptop's firewire port. the second one goes from the second firewire port in the wd into the firewire port of your other drive. then they both will show up on your desktop. to eject them, just drag both icons to the trash and unplug. i always remove them before i start my powerbook. soometimes the powerbook gets confused and doesn't know which hard drive to recognize for start up. easier to plug them in after i have booted up my mac. hope this helps. « Show Less
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From looking at the picture and description from the link... Both have thunderbolt so the data speeds are the same, the other drive has 2 thunderbolt ports no usb 3.0 (neither has fire wire), you can daisy chain the other one, it also has a built in fan instead of a heatsink. The only real difference is that you can hook multiple drives up to the other one, so if you have a second thunderbolt drive with a lot of media or you're working on a big project with a team of people that have their own hard drives with media it could be useful.
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I'm not sure about daisy chaining, but I use two on my machine. I provide two separate power cables and I use one of the USB ports as the header for the second unit
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Hi David, I'm afraid I can't answer this question because my two WD My Book 3 TB drives are connected to my iMac by a USB 3.0 connection. Hope someone else can help you.
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It doesn't support daisy chaining but some more expensive drives do. So use usb hub.
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I have successfully transferred data from discs in an external USB-connected caddy, such as a Cavalry. I have not tried it with several in the Mediasonic as JBOD, but have my doubts. I'd try getting one external hard drive to act as a bridging device (ideally big enough to accommodate the 2TB drives if they are not full) than make the 2TB drives into a 6TB RAID array.
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I have used it on both Mac and PC and have daisy chained it with other drives on FireWire. It will do everything you are asking about here.
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This is USB3. My guess is you cannot do the daisy chain. Use a USB hub instead.(rear panel connectors: 1 power and 1 USB. Nothing more).
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I imagine so, but I cannot confirm. I have mine (the 2 TB model) daisy chained with two older 1TB WD My Studio drives, running into a thunderbolt port, and have had not problems. Comp < 2TB [firewire to thunderbolt] < 1TB [firewire 800] < 1TB [firewire 800]They are really pretty much a plug and play solution, set them up once, and forget em. I wish I would have ponied up the other fifty or so bucks and for the 3TB to run as time machine. Hope this helps.
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Well, which is it? This question is critical. Can someone from WD weigh in? It's almost inconceivable you can't direct attach this to a computer via USB.
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The drive is USB 3.0 based, and also 2.0 compatible, but the software that is delivered with the drive is complete trash. Just use it as a "normal" external drive with Win8 or 7, and you will have no problems. The DVD that comes with the drive is currently being used to keep the birds out of my fruit trees.
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I am just about 100% certain that you cannot plug this directly into a computer. It's not a mass storage device like any kind of external hard drive. If the three different workstations talk to each other on the network, might as well have them talk to the Synology NAS (Network Attached Storage) using the network.
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I've chosen Western Digital because of reliability. I've owned 4 WD drives: An 80GB, a 160GB, a 500GB, and this 1TB, and haven't had one of them fail on me. But as another user stated, WD sends just the drive itself. You'll have to download software, find screws, etc
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My similar drive (5TB) is also equipped for USB 3, but it works great on my 2.0 ports. I assume it could transfer faster on 3.0, but there's no incompatibility.
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I imagine so, but I cannot confirm. I have mine (the 2 TB model) daisy chained with two older 1TB WD My Studio drives, running into a thunderbolt port, and have had not problems. Comp &lt; 2TB [firewire to thunderbolt] &lt; 1TB [firewire 800] &lt; 1TB [firewire 800] They are really pretty much a plug and play solution, set them up once, and forget em. I wish I would have ponied up the other fifty or so bucks and for the 3TB to run as time machine. Hope this helps.
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I have three WD Passport 2TB drives working flawlessly with this hub. The drives were purchased from various sources and at different times over the last year.