Helmut Jarausch wrote: > On 07/01/2014 10:30:44 AM, Dale wrote: >> >> I been wanting to get me something external but hadn't got around to >> looking yet. I didn't know they have a SATA version. I plan to avoid >> USB if I can. From my understanding, eSATA can be hotplugged and I have >> a couple of those connections. >> > > I 'believe' that eSATA is dead - just look how few products are > available. > I have 3 USB-3 drives which are very fast (more than 100 MB/sec) and > if your motherboard doesn't have an USB-3 adapter, yet, it's very cheap. > > Helmut
I do have a few USB3 connectors. I just figured USB would be a good bit slower. Plus, can USB power a 3.5" hard drive nowadays? root@fireball / # hdparm -tT /dev/sdb /dev/sdb: Timing cached reads: 6604 MB in 2.00 seconds = 3303.39 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 542 MB in 3.01 seconds = 180.33 MB/sec root@fireball / # I did find a eSATA enclosure on Newegg and the price wasn't bad. It's one option I guess. Dale :-) :-)
