Thanks Chris,

Is USB 2 speed really an issue for b/u?

After the initial b/u [and it is all in background] there is not a lot of data 
moving about and I've certainly had no problem with my existing Firewire 400 
drive which is probably not as fast as USB2.

I am thinking of USB as Apple seem to be loosing enthusiasm for FW [odd as I 
think they more or less invented it]! I shall be using a handful of 5m cables 
with built-in boosters and I think that I have to choose between a Western 
Digital 2TB drive with it's own RAID firmware or use Apple's DiskUtility which 
will do it with 2 x 1TBs.

WDs seem the best as they seem about the only drives that now come with a 
security slot [LaCie seem more or less to have abandoned them], tho' in this 
case I'll need something like a Kensington un-powered mini USB hub as the WDs 
only have a single USB connection.

Cheers, Colin

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