WD My Book Studio Edition II - any good for Time Machine?

Hello all,
A quick question regarding the Western Digital *My Book Studio Edition II*. Is it any good as a Time Machine drive?
Our 1.5TB Maxtor OneTouch™ III Turbo Edition is loud, but runs problem free for Time Machine. So far all our Maxtor drives have been reliable. But the price for the WD is almost a third of the Maxtor, so time for a change...
Amazon users say it has FireWire related issues. Has anyone else had these problems? Would love to know as the price seems very good.
http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-WDH2Q20000N-Studio-Interface/dp/B0016P7H3Q /ref=sr11?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1241609711&sr=8-1
Appreciate any and all help. Thanks in advance.
Jim.

This is what I have:
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other%20World%20Computing/MEFW934AL2/
And in it I put two 640 Caviars. Software from OWC allows me to separate the two drives if that's what I wish. I did at first but then went back to their set up and just partitioned down the middle, one for cloning, one for TM. Works pretty well. The software allows one to create a Mirrored Raid also.
I have another back up clone so I'm not worried about losing a drive in the set up. Besides, in almost 20 years I've never had an HD fail. And in regard to the OPs first choice, the My Book, which personally would you rather see go? The one entire My Book unit, or a single $80 HD in an enclosure?
Drobo... impressive and very expensive, was that the point of mentioning it? We're talking about Time Machine here.

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