Daisy chain question

[zedtvl]

hi I am using 3 external HDD enclosures 2 have an esata connection in addition to firewire 800 and 400.
The third one a WD have 2 firewire 400 and an esata connection.
Can I daisy chain the WD external HD with one of the other enclosure using the eSata cable instead of the firewire 400?
I might sound stupid but I am affraid to do some damage if I do so.
Thanks for oyur answers.
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[philiparcario]

no you have to do my esata hack to use esata connections.



http://techtalk.parts-express.com/showthread.php?t=213477

this is a very long thread that ends up with a 2009 mini and a 2 port esata hack I have another link for a hub I will look for it.
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2012Mm base 2.5 with 16gb ram diy fusion drive
2012Mm quad with 8gb ram oem 1tb hdd

promise pegasus r6 3x 3tb + 3x 4tb =21tb hdds
lacie little big disk 2x 512gb ssds
synology 2tb disk station

[philiparcario]

http://firmtek.stores.yahoo.net/spyderhub.html


this may work for you. I never used it.


I own the device below it works great, but it is not going to work with esata. the device below will work with 7 fw800 devices. really stable and far better then daisy chaining

http://www.nitroav.com/categories/67/
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2010 Mm 2.4 C2D oem 320gb hdd 8gb ram
2012Mm base 2.5 with 16gb ram diy fusion drive
2012Mm quad with 8gb ram oem 1tb hdd

promise pegasus r6 3x 3tb + 3x 4tb =21tb hdds
lacie little big disk 2x 512gb ssds
synology 2tb disk station

[zedtvl]

Thanks for your answers Philip, I will look at your links.
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Macbook pro 2008 Core 2 Duo, 256GB SSD, 2.5GHz, 6GB Ram
Dead PowerBook 180, M4440 33 MHz, 8 MB ram.

[billb]

[philiparcario]

daisy chain of the third hdd with the fw400 last may have a lot of dropouts. I find that 2 on a chain works okay 3 or more on a daisy is very much a case of do you feel lucky.
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2010 Mm 2.4 C2D oem 320gb hdd 8gb ram
2012Mm base 2.5 with 16gb ram diy fusion drive
2012Mm quad with 8gb ram oem 1tb hdd

promise pegasus r6 3x 3tb + 3x 4tb =21tb hdds
lacie little big disk 2x 512gb ssds
synology 2tb disk station

[billb]

I have three HD's Daisy Chained all of the time.
I've had as many as five. Never a problem.
I do use high quality after market Firewire
cables. That might be the difference.
Try the free way first and if it doesn't
work go the HUB route.
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[zedtvl]

These are great advices. Thanks.
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Macbook pro 2008 Core 2 Duo, 256GB SSD, 2.5GHz, 6GB Ram
Dead PowerBook 180, M4440 33 MHz, 8 MB ram.

[billb]

Ok, Ok, Ok, Philip's right, as usual!

I just ordered the Verge Labs Nitro AV 8-port Firewire Hub.

As I mentioned, I have several FW Hard Drive enclosures
Daisy Chained. Well I needed to take one off line to let
it rest (DON"T ASK) a while and ended up having to
take two more off line with it. Its not a deal breaker
but just annoying as well as inconvenient.

So, I'm modifying my advice. If your poor like me
then Daisy Chain and If your wealthy like Philip
get the HUB and if your tired of being annoyed or
don't want to be inconvenienced then take Philips
advice and GET THE HUB!!!!!!!!!

A power supply is included and it
should be at the price they sell it for.
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2011 Mac mini 2.7 GHz i7 with
16GB RAM, Samsung 512GB SSD
MacBook AIR 11 Inch
Mac mini, Model 1.1, 2.33 GHz C2D Proc
20" iMac G4 PPC