Picked up a LaCie Biggest F800 RAID array. It only had four 120gb PATA HDs in it but I replaced them with 400gb HDs. Still deciding whether to keep it as RAID 0 or go to RAID 5.

Then I was wondering how they did compared to other drives and interfaces so I copied over a 32gb file and timed it. Then I tried a few other drives connected to another computer. I was a bit disappointed; the numbers were less than I thought they’d be for FW800 on any drive. So much for my illusions.

Still USB 3.0 was almost 3X FW800. FW800 was twice FW400. FW400 was twice USB 2.0