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Firewire Hard Drive Speeds
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mosespatrader
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Apr 22, 2001, 09:52 AM
 
Hi,

I wanted to get some opinions on comparing a firewire drive to an ide-based drive. How do they compare in speed? I'm assuming an IDE will be faster, but I could be wrong.

thanks for your input
     
Paul S
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Apr 22, 2001, 06:48 PM
 
IDE is faster, but the difference is getting smaller. The fastest IDE drives will sustain around 34MB/s. Most FW drives are 12MB/s, but a new controller chip is making new drives reach 24MB/s sustained.
     
   
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