Read through the comments of that news.com article. Lots of success with eSATA adapter cards reported along with info on longer cables, etc..
"Garl Grigsby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Quentin Hartman 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 > 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. As for eSATA, it's still fairly early in that game. Not many mother boards support it. You can get the adapters that plug between a standard SATA port and a eSATA port, but, again, not sure if the hot swap works correctly. In fact I'm leaning toward getting a couple of external USB + eSATA drive chassis [4] and using these, but cage above would be much 'cleaner'. No cables to accidentally unplug, no power cables to come loose, no power supplies to die, etc. The other issue wtih eSata is the short cable length. IIRC the max length is 2-3'. Having the USB gives me an 'out' if eSATA doesn't live up to the hype or causes other problems. Garl _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
