I am looking to buy an eSATA drive soon as well. I was looking at an Iomega, but I'm still wary of them from ye olde Zip drive days.
-Jeff On Mar 23, 2011 9:56 PM, "Jon Harris" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 ~ 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
