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GT 050
The hot-swap member of the GT Series incorporate Glyph's own
advanced FireWire technology called Integrity™. Inspired by the
limitations of existing hybrid ATA-to-FireWire hot-swap products,
Glyph engineers resolved the data integrity problems that arise from
breaking at the ATA interface by incorporating unique enhancements
to existing FireWire standards. As a result, the GT Key drive cartridge
contains the ATA-to-FireWire bridging technology in the cartridge
itself. When removing a hard drive from the receiver, the drive and its
bridge remain together to support hard drive hot-swapping in the
proper way—using circuits and protocols that are intended for
hot-swap applications. The GT Series sets new standards as Glyph's
Integrity™ technology surpasses today's other hot-swappable storage.
Firewire is an implementation of the IEEE 1394 serial bus standard. It
not only supports automatic configuration ("plug and play") and
hot-swapping of devices, it's fast, and best of all it's reliable for
audio/video as well as for computer peripherals.
FireWire supports peripherals in a tree-like structure, as opposed to
SCSI's linear structure. It allows peer-to-peer device communication—
e.g. between a scanner and a printer—to take place, without using
system memory or the CPU.
With FireWire you don't have to worry about IDs or device
termination; you can hook up to 63 devices to the same bus, with cable
lengths of up to 4.5 meters (14 feet) including internal cabling, allowed
between devices.
Its cable is not only more convenient than SCSI's but can also carry
power. This allows low-consumption devices to operate without a
separate power cord, by using power supplied by other devices on the
bus.
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