David Vasek wrote:
> What would be firewire good for?
Data transfer such as for full backups or cloning or audio/video.
Haven't tested it yet on OpenBSD, I still have USB-only / ethernet-base
storage for those systems. Subjectively, I find FW to be much faster
than USB2 on my hardware using OS X and Ubuntu.
Notes from published comparisons below. YMMV:
"Although the USB 2.0 is speedier than the FireWire, the
latter beats it when used in high-speed storage devices. "
http://ixbtlabs.com/articles/usb20vsfirewire/
"Read Test:
5000 files (300 MB total) FireWire was 33% faster than USB 2.0
160 files (650MB total) FireWire was 70% faster than USB 2.0
Write Test:
5000 files (300 MB total) FireWire was 16% faster than USB 2.0
160 files (650MB total) FireWire was 48% faster than USB 2.0
http://www.cwol.com/firewire/firewire-vs-usb.htm
Tests USB2 FW % faster than USB 2.0
Test 1 (read) 6.12 8.14 32.99
Test 2 (read) 6.39 10.89 70.51
Test 1 (write) 5.11 5.92 15.85
Test 2 (write) 5.76 8.50 47.59
http://g4tv.com/techtvvault/features/39129/USB-20-Versus-FireWire_pg3.html
"Our benchmarks show Firewire 800 is up to 46% faster
than a drive connected to the more common Firewire 400,
and about 29% faster than USB 2.0. "
http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2602&p=15
regards,
-Lars
