Is this a reliable 7200 rpm drive, and does the Firewire 800 port put out enough power to run it? Also, does the same port become loose as reported?
80667
I had an issue with the 7200 rpm drive not booting up from my MacBook Pro, and returned it for a refund. I have several of these running at the slower speed (5600 rpm) with no problems, though I did have one that had a port that loosened and became unusable.
80668
I can't say that my answer means much seeing as I've only had this drive for about 3 months, but so far it has been a very reliable drive. My only issue is that I have had some issues with the RPM's not being enough, but that's ONLY because the computer I was working on had so much data on it, that even the computer was having difficulty running programs.My apologies if this isn't helpful, but hope it helps!
80669
It is realiable and I have never had a loose port issue. I own three of the LaCie Rugged Harddrives...one standard and two portable. Never have had a problem, always runs fast.
80670
I have found the drive to be reliable over many months of porting between multiple computers. I have no power issues using the Firewire 800 port. I have not experienced any loosening of the port and have used it extensively interchanging between multiple machines (iMacs) as noted above.
239434
5400 is slow. It also allows the drive to produce significantly less heat. Pack several drives into a small space and heat becomes an issue. I don't need my NAS to be fast. I do need it to be reliable. Cooking the drive in the middle caused me trouble in the past.
1568460
They don't publish what speed it is. They source different hard drive manufacturers. More than likely it is 7200 to meet the specs. From the various reviews from professionals, it meets their published specs. The transfer rates are very good. I liked mine.
1568457
The HDD speed doesn't matter as this product will eventually corrupt the drive.(5400 rpm IIRC)
1401159
Someone else will have to answer, but I can tell you it's a great drive and well worth what you pay for it. It's light and works perfectly. I'm not savvy about how to burn.
1486643
No it doesn't, it's a 5400 RPM Drive; for the most part, only Desktop Drives have an RPM of 7200.....and are "powerered drives".
677464
I always wonder that too with LaCie drives. Most likely 5400 RPM. They don't like to disclose this spec for some reason, but I recall seeing it elsewhere, or asking CS directly. It's for this reason, along with noise, I have not bought a LaCie and use G-Drive's instead.
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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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It's a high-speed drive with firewire connections. I use it for video editing, which demands the highest speed drives. I would imagine that it would handle audio recording with 7200rpm speed disk. You can check out the spec.s at the G-Technology site.
1561795
Mine is dead quiet? I read comments about the noisy fan also but I have never heard any noise at all.I installed a 3 tb red WD hard drive and formatted with no trouble. And I have no expertise at all.
1138776
Yes, use the usb3 port on the drive left of the firewire portshttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822154548
933442
Good Question for Amazon if they have both speeds posted. It is 5400RPM NOT A 7200 RPM
275400
I'm not sure if it is the latest possible version because it does not support Thunderbolt. But I can say that it is 7200 RPM drive with both USB 3.0 and Firewire connections which seem to be the current state-of-the art. But it should provide more than adequate use for many years to come - that is the reason that I have purchased it for my system. I hasten to add that I have not received it yet and have no actual hands-on experience with this model although I do have two previous G-Technology drives and they continue to work flawlessly. I just need more storage capacity for my Timemachine files. I hope this info helps.
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It is a firewire hard disk drive designed to take advantage of the faster than usb 2 FW port. I personally use it for time machine, to back up permanently my iMac, and because of that it needs its own power supply to function. It does not operate only by connecting it to the computer. It needs the power supply to operate.
473965
I believe the Western Digital Passport series qualifies for the 7200 rpm speed but this USB powered drive is powered from the USB port with no means to power it with an external power source. If you must have an externally powered drive you might consider purchasing a external hard drive enclosure that supports that feature and a bare drive with compatible specs and then assemble them yourself.
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I am using USB 3 and performance is reasonable. Using Windows 8.1 Storage Spaces with full parity, I am getting ~20-40 MB/sec throughput on writes. I would recommend it for archive and backups. Not sure about the throughput yet for something like an active media server.
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I used one of these enclosures today ( an older generation ide version) The drive drew too much power from the single usb cable, so it needed a usb power cable as well. (Standard usb on one end goes in computer, the other end is a power tip.) I thought they were generic. I had it from another old enclosure. (Drives used to take more power so often came with more power cables), generally if they require over 500mA (look on the drive), it can't be powered by 1 usb port alone, I believe. Not sure on firewire, I think it can handle more power.