Re: Sarge with ext3, reiserfs (3/4?) or xfs?
On Feb 09 2005, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> Firewire devices are, at least in Brazil.
Are you talking about devices or controllers? I have both and I also live
here in Brazil (in Guarulhos/São Paulo, to be more specific).
The cost of a vanilla controller was approximately the same as the cost of
a vanilla USB2 controller.
So, since I already had an iPod and an HD enclosure from ADS Tech with both
Firewire and USB 2 outputs, it only made sense for me to get this
controller.
That's not to mention the headaches with usb-storage when transferring
large amounts of data...
> I hope this changes, though. And if it does, I will buy Firewire devices
> instead of USB2 ones.
Indeed, that's a good decision, IMO. I don't know if USB devices (1.x or 2)
support DMA. Please someone educate me here.
> > USB2 is much slower than firewire, and if a slow device is plugged
>
> So what, if it is fast enough? I do not need a 1GB/s (or 2GB/s, I forget)
> channel to connect a single 320Mbit/s device. USB2's >400Mbit/s will do
> just fine. And with the ammount of USB2 ports I have in my motherboard, I
> certainly ain't going to share a channel. Even the printer gets its own
> separate channel for its slow 12Mbit/s transfers ;-)
Given that my motherboard didn't have any USB2 port (but it does have USB
1.1 ports) and that I would have to choose between a Firewire card and an
USB 2 card, I chose the former and am happy with it since I purchased it.
> I never said Firewire was worse. But it is not stupid to use the best tool
> for a given situation, and USB2 *is* better than firewire for a lot of
> things if you factor in the price and availability of devices. That may
> change in time, of course.
You have a point regarding the availabilily of devices, but price is not a
concern, in my experience. Of course, I don't do high-end video editing and
I don't have an expensive camera.
But then, if I were in that marked, I would surely expect the devices to
have Firewire plugs...
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