Quoting Alex Mandel (tech_...@wildintellect.com): > Ha, turns out I did get a case with eSata, didn't realize it until I > started shopping for another case and went "That looks familiar"... > Just need to find a cable now to try it. I'll let you know how it goes. > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817173043
I predict that you'll be happier with SATA than with USB for this deployment. USB entails an additional translation layer, which is why you lose things like SMART datastreams, whereas eSATA simply extends the native mass-storage bus. Also, you should find that external SATA is more reliable and has fewer sources of flakiness and has fewer speed limitations in real-world situations. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB_2.0#Transfer_rates http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SATA#SATA_Revision_2.0_.28SATA_3_Gbit.2Fs.29 _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech