If you could do SATA with a drive cage.  If you search the archives
Bob Miller my self and other talked about that in detail.   eSATA
would be the way to go.  I don't know of any eSATA raid controllers
that have more than one port out the back of the card.

Miller

On 12/21/06, Quentin Hartman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 12/21/06, Darren Hayes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This article on eSATA may be of interest.
> 
http://news.com.com/Faster+external+drives+arriving-slowly/2100-1041_3-6144673.html

I second the suggestion of using eSATA rather than just hot-swapping
normal SATA. The eSATA connectors are designed to hold up to more
insertion/removal and also are more "grippy" so you are less likely to
have a cable come loose part of the way through a transfer.

Additionally, I've heard that some early SATA controllers omitted the
ability to do hot swap correctly, though I have not been able to
independently confirm or debunk this rumor. If you use a card with a
built-in eSATA connection, you're pretty much guaranteed that the
controller has proper support for hot swapping.

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-Regards-

-Quentin Hartman-
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