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G-Raid 4th gen firewire slow transfer rate
I’m cross posting this because I don’t think any one reads the G-Tech forum.
I have the G-Raid 4th gen 2TB. I’m using it with my macbook via firewire 800 to 400. I’m only getting 16 mbps write and 18 mbps read which is horrible considering with usb i get 30 mbps writes. I tested it out with my friend’s macbook pro via firewire 800 to 800 and i got 80 mbps writes. I use firewire to import footage so firewire has to be working.
I’m just wondering what the deal is and what i can do to fix it.I’m using a late 2007 macbook with firewire 400.
2 gb ram
2.2gh core 2
snow leopard (i tried it with leopard too and same thing)any help would be greatly appreciated.
-andrew
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4 Replies
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Hi Andrew,
As you can figure out, probably there is nothing wrong with your HDs, but with your system.
Run DiskWarrior, TechTools or DriveWizar and see how things change.
Computers needs maintenance too.
Cheers,
rafael -
I’m hesitant to buy an application when I’m not for sure that its going to work. None of those listed pieces of software have a free trail. Diskwizard does but its not for Snow Leopard.
I don’t see how a disk utility has the ability to “fix” my firewire port. I just installed Snow Leopard a couple months ago so its not like my system is super cluttered.
Thanks for the suggestion but I’m still looking for a solution.
Andrew
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Do you have it daisy-chained with your camcorder? Firewire will run at the speed of the slowest connected device, which in this case would be the camcorder, running at FW100.
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no not daisy chaining. only thing connected is the g-raid.
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