wpartos...
Sweetwater Sound is a store (and website) dedicated to music and
audio products for the professional. Their review on the Glyph
makes it clear why they feel that the Glyph is more suitable than
the Iomega, which is, tellingly, bundled with backup software, as
that is what it's designed for.
On the other hand, the Glyph comes with a built-in power supply,
independent of your PC's USB supply. It offers a standard dual
6-pin powered FireWire 400 interface, two 9-pin FireWire 800
connectors, a USB 2.0 connector, and one eSATA port.
In addition to being specifically designed to eliminate unwanted
noise in a studio environment, through the use of Glyph's patented
QuietMetal technology, it comes bundled with the Glyph Audio Storage
Toolkit formatting and partitioning software, and includes the Glyph
FireWire bridging technology.
In short, it was specifically designed for audio recording, mixing
and editing of multi-track audio, and to handle high definition
sample rates:
http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/GT050Quad250
As to whether you have need of these specific enhancements within
the recording environment you have set up, that is a personal choice.
If your setup is entirely digital, and ambient noise is not a factor
in your studio environment, you might find the Iomega a satisfactory
solution. Here's a review from the UK's Pocket-lint site regarding
its value as a backup device:
http://www.pocket-lint.co.uk/review.php?reviewId=133
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Additional information may be found from an exploration of
the links resulting from the Google searches outlined below.
Searches done, via Google:
250GB Glyph
://www.google.com/search?q=250GB+Glyph
Iomega USB-Firewire 250GB
://www.google.com/search?q=Iomega+USB-Firewire+250GB |
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08 Mar 2006 03:06 PST
wpartos...
Your Request for Clarification poses questions not included
in your original query, and had they been, I probably would
not have attempted an answer...
For what it's worth, here's what I -could- find:
"Could you possibly provide reviews for the models I'm interested
in, which are the Iomega Black Series Triple Interface 250GB, and
also the Black Series USB/Firewire 250GB (both on Iomega website)?"
Iomega Black Series Triple Interface 250GB
"Of the approximately 30 hard drives I?ve tested recently, three
stand out as Macworld Top Products (see the tables in this review).
The Iomega Black Series Triple Interface drive is our winner in
desktop hard drives, thanks to its various connection options,
very quick speed (especially in copying data to the drive) and
low cost per gigabyte."
http://www.newertech.com/Static/articles/article_macworld_mercfwguide.html
"what makes Firewire 800 preferable over Firewire 400"
The Triple Interface drive offers Firewire 800, 400 or USB 2.0:
"Transfer speeds up to 800Mbits/s with FireWire 800, 400Mbits/s
with FW 400 and 480Mbits/s with USB 2.0"
http://www.iomega.com/direct/products/detail.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=20125171&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=27290767&ASSORTMENT%3C%3East_id=26890319&bmUID=1141813411268
The 250GB USB/Firewire offers only Firewire 400 and USB 2.0:
"Transfer speeds up to 400Mbits/s with FW 400 and 480Mbits/s
with USB 2.0"
http://www.iomega.com/direct/products/detail.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=20125163&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=27290765&ASSORTMENT%3C%3East_id=26890319&bmUID=1141813411269
"...if the seek time is less than 10ms on both"
Access speeds are not mentioned for either, anywhere that
I can find, though they both have spin rates of 7200 rpm.
Transfer rates seem to supercede seek times.
"I'd like to know whether both of these have an "Oxford 911
FireWire bridge chipset" which is what Digidesign needs for
a Firewire drive to be compatible"
The lack of results for the following crafted search seems to
preclude the possibility that the Iomega Black drives have this
chipset, thought there is no indication, one way or another on
the Iomega site:
"Oxford 911" FireWire chipset "external drive" +"Iomega Black"
://www.google.com/search?q=%22Oxford+911%22+FireWire+chipset+%22external+drive%22+%2B%22Iomega+Black%22
Drive brands that show up in relation to the Oxford 911 chipset:
Micronet Platinum 250GB USB 2.0 / Firewire Hard Drive
Hiro Firewire Aluminum Drive Enclosure with Oxford 911
Rosewill RX30-U2FA Firewire-400 drive with the Oxford 911 chipset.
OWC Elite Firewire Case
http://xlr8yourmac.com/firewire/OWC_oxford911/OWC_oxford_911_casekit.html
Transintl.com's Portable Firewire Case Kit
http://xlr8yourmac.com/firewire/portable_oxford911_case/oxford_911_portablecasekit.html
More here:
"Oxford 911 chipset" firewire
://www.google.com/search?q=%22Oxford+911+chipset%22+firewire
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