[plug] Ext USB2 HD adapter vs Ext IEEE 1394

[Ben Jensz]

Technically speaking, USB2.0 should be faster than firewire.

But you'd need to check to make sure your USB ports are indeed running 
at 2.0 and not just 1.1 (which would explain slow speeds).


/ Ben


Chris Caston wrote:

>Hello,
>
>I bought an Ext USB2 HD caddie today for the lazy-mans backup routine (;
>It's not as fast as I had of hoped. Should I have bought a firewire cady
>and firewire pci card instead for a noticeable speed increase?
>
>Would it still work with Linux?
>
>regards,
>
>Chris
>  
>