Thanks that is what I thought but need to confirm that. ESATA drives are not as common as I would have thought. Seagate and WD are not big players in the field companies like LaCie are and others.
Have you played any with a LaCie ESATA drive? Jon On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 9:45 PM, Ben Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 9:40 PM, Jon Harris <[email protected]> wrote: > > Has anyone booted from a USB 2 drive? Was it fast or slow as a snail? > > USB speeds vary quite a lot, depending on the type of drive (flash, > Winchester, etc.), speed of drive (especially with flash, not all > drives are created equal), speed of bridge chip (for hard disks), > speed of USB host controller, phase of the moon, etc. But even at the > best of times, it's going to be somewhat pokey. And the cheap stuff > is painful. > > > What about ESATA slow or fast boot times? > > ESATA is just SATA with a slightly tweaked connector. It's > functionally identical to having the drive inside the box. > > -- Ben > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
