Where can i find a Firewire 800 hub?

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moviemaykr

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im looking to plug multiple firewire 800 cords in to edit on my 27 inch I-MAC, where are some place I can find them to buy. i only need specifically a firewire 800 hub.
Any link would be a great help.
Thanks
 
Firewire uses a P2P bus which means you can daisy chain firewire devices together easily. If your HDDs have two firewire ports just connect one to the other...it works just fine. You only need one cord going to the computer. In theory it will be slightly slower than if you had multiple ports if data is moving to the machine from multiple drives at the same time, but the speeds are the same across drives, and it will never be slower than a hub.
 
I agree with Ben's comments. As far as I can see, the only reason for a firewire hub would be if you are using different combinations of devices and therefore connecting and disconnect frequently, in which case the hub might be more convenient since you would not have to remove a device from the middle of the chain, or if you are using devices, such as some G-mini bus-powered hard drives, that have only one firewire port and therefore cannot be daisy chained.

Kevin
 
Thanks guys your right the G Tech drives have 2 firewire 800 ports so I can daisychain them together. Thanks so much.
 
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