On 11/ 5/15 07:07 PM, Rich Teer wrote:
Just so that I'm absolutely clear, would I be correct in thinking that
eSATA is preferred over USB-3, assuming SAS isn't an option? The low-end,
consumer-spec drive enclosure I'm using has an eSATA port and a USB-3
port. The eSATA port requires the use of an HBA that supports port
multipliers (which the LSI HBA I'm using doesn't), and my Ultra 20 M2
"server" only has USB-2 ports. So I'm looking at buying either a
USB-3 PCIe card, or an eSATA that supports port multiplers PCIe card.
The cost difference isn't that great (~$30 vs $60), but I'd like to
buy the one that's best (i.e., most reliable and more performant).
Illumos support would be ideal, but I'll also consider anything that
is supported by Linux or FreeBSD. I'm currently thinking about getting
one of the StarTech eSATA or USB-3 cards.
Avoid port multipliers on SATA at all cost, simply that is not supported
by any illumso distro and can make big problems on any other platform.
It is simply not wise to use any port multipliers and paying more for
that option is not very sane.
Maybe if you really want to use eSATA port with eSATA enclosure.
External SATA (SATA port just put externally for connecting disks) is
not same as eSATA and is cheaper.
You always get full speed on SATA versus described USB downsides.
One craddle , connected via external SATA (not eSATA) and putting bare
SATA disk in it for transfer is cheapest and fastest option for small
office, small server user.
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