Can you daisy chain two of these drives together and still have fast read/write speeds?
1878367
they only have 1 thunderbolt port and 1 usb you might be able to daisy chain with the USB but not at thunderbolt speeds and I wouldnt use them that way. theyre consumer drives but they work well.
140742
You may have poor performance with that many disks simply because of the processing power required for an array that large. But there is no reason that this wouldn't work. If you're looking for a 16+ drive solution I would suggest something like the 2413+
2099976
I'm not sure either. I've only used mine for 1 drive. I doubt it would work for 2 at once. You would probably need 2 adapters and some software that could reconstruct the data, which is shared between the 2 raid 0 drives.
2035341
I do not know. All that I've learned is that the drives and their external cases are very chipset-sensitive. Probably the case with the electronics is the more important factor. I'd try it, but return it if it won't work.
2052094
They do! 5400 rpm drive to 5400rpm drive I get 65-75 Mb/s minimum using both ports.
280030
I'm not sure what you mean by they must be read together. I have two drives (a 500 GB and a 1 TB) that work fine in this unit but both worked fine in the old computers they came from before I pulled them out.
1217765
You can use the cable that came with the drive (actually, you have to since USB 3.0 has one different end). It will automatically transfer data at 2.0 speeds.
1716339
The device is USB 3.0 equipped, so as long as (in the case of two separate enclosures) they're both connected via USB 3.0, yes. If you're asking whether it can copy between the drives in its own bays via USB 3.0,the answer is also "yes." USB 3.0 is backward-compatible with 2.0, so it will copy via either.
479096
If you have a Black and Green mirrored together, it will handle writes at only the speed of the slower drive - both drives must be written. Reads should be shared between the drives - I dunno if the OS would be smart enough to do more reads from the Black than the Green - I wouldn't count on it. Overall, not recommended. Best to use two of the same drives for a mirror.
2093493
Although I haven't done it with this particular array (I'm using it in RAID5), by the regular principals, it doesn't look good. If they were individual drives, absolutely not. If they are removed from another JBOD, they would have to be in the same order, and would depend on having the same firmware. Basically... I wouldn't try it with any array. What you're looking for is probably something with a port multiplier in it so that each drive is handled individually by your OS. Then you'd need a port-multiplier compatible eSATA card (or usb if you like slow drives).
1994200
I have not tested these for daisy-chaining them, but with other simular (these are better built) I have done 2. I personally do not go beyond that. If you need to go longer, I would consider USB over Cat5 adapters (not internet.. the adapters just use Cat5 cable) OR better yet.. Move the equipment in question.
1510554
Yeah, I fell for it, too. I thought I was getting 2x 4TB drives -- and it is TB, btw...not gb (which is 1000x less). I found it's only 2x 2TB drives. I believe you can change the Raid to 0, though...which will stripe data across both of them and you'll get nearly 4TB of storage. The only downside to this is if one fails, you lose the data on both. Make it more fun then...and add a 2nd one to the network and have them back each other up =)
1414493
Yes, the drive has two FireWire 800 ports that can be used to daisy chain to other drives.
681162
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.
533746
Yes you can, its like having two hard drives connected independently only via the same cable.
455336
Yes you absolutely can. i have 2- 4tb seagate go flex drives sitting on these and daisy chained together into a thunderbolt port on a iMac.they can also be used in the same mannor on usb 2.0/3.0they work great
1109105
Yes. Took a little effort to get both running well. Go to station-driver for latest firmware and drivers. I have them in x58 with windows 7 x64.Speedwise they are good for sequential, random access is barely any faster than sata 2 ich10r. So not recommended for high performance SSDs