Recomended External HD FW800 with power-off/sleep feature

Hi.
After "googling" some hours, I dont want to miss asking here before I spend more money, beacuse i could skip any model or so... Any recomendations (based on knowlage or experience) of brand/model to buy for an external HD with this kind of features:
- FireWire 800 port (does 800 give 400 compatibility?)
- supports 1Tb or some more
- power´s/off/on when I power-off/on my iMac, or if it sleeps.
-last, not so important but cool, could include some USB/firewire Hub feature too.
thanx
vcosta

I have to agree with the previous poster, the LaCie Quadra D2 are good drives. I have 3 (320, 500 & 750 GB) daisy chained together connected via FireWire 800 so far they are running fine. However others really like OWC Mercury series too. You can find those at:
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firewire/1394/USB/EliteAL/

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