I have a computer with about 6 external hard drives connected, however it's died and i'm replacing it with another computer with only 4 USB 2.0 ports. I have a 7 Port USB 2.0 Hub that is connected to extend one of the ports to the remaining devices.
The only issue is when I connect the the system together, the drives connected to the hub operate faster than USB 1.1, but still considerably slower than USB 2.0 (which is a bit to slow for my purposes). If I replace the 7-Port Hub with 2x 2-Port USB 2.0 Hubs connected to two of the ports on the computer, and plug the drives into that, will it be faster than running 3 of them of the 7-Port Hub?