External Hard Drives for retina Macbook Pro - Thunderbolt vs. USB 3.0
I already bought a G-Tech FireWire800/USB 3.0 external hard drive and just bought a second one.
And I just found out that USB 3.0 does not daisy chain (and the G-Tech drives only have one port each), and I also read that USB 3.0 hubs are not working well on the Mac.
I think of selling the drives again (at a loss, of course) and buying a Thunderbolt drive:
Here are the two options:
1. Western Digital:
This drive seems to have two external hard drives. Would it be possible to use one of them as the main external hard drive, and the second one as the back-up hard drive?
2. G-Tech
G-Tech also sells Thunderbolt hard drives like this one here - but it's a RAID 0 drive - can I also use both discs separately as main drive and backup drive without using RAID 0? I just trust G-Tech more than Western Digital:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/858463-REG/G_Technology_0G02272_8TB_G_RAID _External_Hard.html
What's your take on it?
Thanks!
MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2), 512 Gb SSD, 16 Gb RAM,