[thelist] [OT] What's faster .. USB2.0 or FireWire

[Ken Schaefer]

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From: "Tim Burgan" <burgan at iprimus.com.au>
Subject: [thelist] [OT] What's faster .. USB2.0 or FireWire


: What connection method is faster with an external HDD, FireWire(400) or
: USB2.0?
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: (I plan to use this drive to install 'virtual hard drives' from VMware
: to do website testing -etc?)

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I doubt the difference in bus speeds will become a problem. Just moving the
VMs to a separate disk (or disks if you want to run multiple VMs separately)
is the best thing you can do to improve VM performance, followed by adding
oodles of RAM, and then a second processor.

Cheers
Ken