On Sun, 24 Jan 2021 12:22:11 -0800 (PST) Rich Shepard <[email protected]> dijo:
>I suspect all their enclosures have both interfaces. It wouldn't surprise me if they used the same card in everything they make. I still have the old card floating around here somewhere, with a flaky USB port but an eSATA port that works fine, in case anyone needs it. >> There isn't a lot of difference between the two connectors as to >> speed, and I didn't have an eSATA cable, so I used USB. > >Interesting. I've read that eSATA is faster (same speed as internally >mounted drives), but it also depends on what else is on the USB. SATA and eSATA are rated at 6Gbps, while USB 3.0 is rated at 5Gbps. But then, there is the matter of how much is lost in the connection and how much interference there is from other devices trying to get access at the same time. Plus, how many lanes do each have available to them? As I said, when I switched to eSATA I expected at least a little faster throughput, but I didn't notice any difference at all. _______________________________________________ PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
