Apparently the SATA external have the USB bridge as a bottleneck as does FW 400 (1394a?). I guess the alternative to eSata would be SAS but I assume the expense is considerably greater.
----- Original Message ---- From: db <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Sent: Friday, August 3, 2007 1:08:08 PM Subject: Re: [CGUYS] swap drives Not all external drives have fans. Metal Gear Box ones (IDE & SATA models & combo models) are nice, inexpensive and do not. eSATA drives are rare and have a different connector than SATA ... you have to have the card with the eSATA connector and a eSATA cable. Most external SATA drives are USB2 or 1394 firewire... Paul Meyer wrote: > ----- Original Message ---- > From: > Thanks, sata sounds like the way. > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Tony B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM > Sent: Friday, August 3, 2007 10:51:08 AM > Subject: Re: [CGUYS] swap drives > > We use el cheapo Genica EIDE drive bays. Like $10 for a male-female > combo. But I dunno that I _prefer_ them over any other brands, it's > just that now we've got so many it's not like I can test a lot of > others. > > They _do_ have fans. > > Our biggest problem has always been the nature of the EIDE bus. This > sometimes results in the drive slowing down to PIO (glacial) speeds. > Lately I've taken to moving the DVDR (normally slave) drives to SATA. > Once the removable drives are alone on that bus they work okay. > > If I was going to start doing this today, I'd start with SATA drive > bays/drives. > > > On 8/3/07, Paul Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Anyone have experience with brands of swap-able drive bays. >> > > > ************************************************************************ > * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== > * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== > * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name > * Too much mail? 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