On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 1:05 PM, Tyrell Jentink <[email protected]> wrote: > On a related note, is there actually a difference between SATA and eSATA?
Yes, sort of. "eSATA (e standing for external) provides a variant of SATA meant for external connectivity."[1] Unless the drive is going to be housed in and powered from the system case, you want eSata. > Why do all eSATA cases insist on having USB too? Versatility. Some include FireWire (1394) in addition to USB and eSATA. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_ATA#eSATA Regards, - Robert _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
