Daisy chaining G-RAID2 and G-Drive mini

	Re: Daisy chaining G-RAID2 and G-Drive mini by Eduard Chugunov on Sep 11, 2008 at 8:55:01 pm Hi Frank, Yes it will provide enough power as long as it the last in the chain and not first. For example. G-Raid 2 is connected to the computer and the G-Drive mini is connected to the G-Raid2. It will work. G-Drive mini is connected to the computer and the G-Raid 2 is connected to the mini will not work. That being said, there is a few things that you need to know.. We recommend that no more then three Firewire devices be connected to a computer at any one time. Sometimes depending on the computer model, operating system, and chipset used in the devices three units will slow the performance of the bandwidth on the Firewire bus. For example, lets say that you wanted to capture video from a DV deck, and output the data directly to an external drive such as a G-Raid 2 or any firewire drive for that matter using a MacPro or a MacBookPro. Most likely you will come across dropped frames or data corruption because of the fact that on all Apple products there is only one chipset that regulates the input and output of all the data that is running through all the Firewire ports. That chipset more often then not will receive the data from the deck and output it to another Firewire source at the same time. The only suggestion that we have for that kind of a situation is to purchase a express 34 Firewire card for a MacBookPro or a PCIe Firewire card for a MacPro. Please keep in mind that if you use a bus powered product such as our G-Raid Mini with a Firewire express card 34 that it can not send power to the external drive. However, most PCIe cards can send power to a bus powered drive. Eduard Chugunov Product Specialist G-Technology, Inc 1830 East Warner Avenue Santa Ana, CA 90404 310.449.4599 Respond to this post   •   Return to posts index

	Re: Daisy chaining G-RAID2 and G-Drive mini by Eduard Chugunov on Sep 15, 2008 at 6:05:12 pm Hi Frank, yes the G-RAID 2 does need to be on so that it can provide power to the G-Drive Mini. Also, please note that the isight can cause a lot of problems with other devices connected via Firewire 400 and 800. My suggestion to you, only plug it in when you need to the rest of the time don't even have it connected. This is the way I run mine at home. One other note to consider, any and all of the Firewire devices that you connect to your computer or through your Apple display are connected to only one Firewire bus. You may want to considering getting a Firewire card inside your computer so that you can device the load on the Firewire bus. Eduard Chugunov Product Specialist G-Technology, Inc 1830 East Warner Avenue Santa Ana, CA 90404 310.449.4599 Respond to this post   •   Return to posts index