Somewhere on teh intarwebs Bobs wrote:
> On May 26, 10:07 pm, "~misfit~" <misfit6...@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
>> Somewhere on teh intarwebs Allistar wrote:
>>
>>> If you want a fast way to do a backup to an external drive that you
>>> can take off site, you can get a 1>2Tb external drive with an eSATA
>>> connection for little cash. Blazingly fast speed (although the one I
>>> just bought didn't actually come with an eSATA cable, so I backed up
>>>> 300Gb over Firewire. Ouch.)
>>
>> Sounds painful. I've just fitted two more of these to my desktop:
>>
>> http://www.ascent.co.nz/productspeci...?ItemID=372808
>>
>> Full SATA speed and you can remove the drive in seconds.
>>
>> (BTW, ignore the writing on that page, it's all wrong, wasn't like
>> that a couple days ago when I ordered them. Just look at the
>> picture.)
>>
>> I have four of those bays in my desktop now, the bay that holds my
>> boot drive is locked, all the others can hold various drives at
>> different times. Great idea IMO.
>
> That looks cool.
Yeah, they work really well, full speed SATA 2 and hot-swapable.
> There are also hard drive docks with e-sata which are
> apparently excellent
I have a couple that are eSATA and USB and have included 6 port powered USB
hubs. I've not tried the eSATA side of them even though my desktop has two
eSATA ports, as I have the hot-swap docks. I use them on my laptops.
> http://www.computerlounge.co.nz/comp...sp?partid=8680
>
> Got that exact model at work, but it doesn't come with an e-sata cable
> dammit.
I have the same beast, sans eSATA, connected to my Philips DVP3252 DVD
player so I can play avis / mp3s directly from HDD. I got the Vantec
straight USB version as I knew it worked with the Philips whereas the USB /
eSATA ones don't.
Cheers,
--
Shaun.
"Build a man a fire, and he`ll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and
he`ll be warm for the rest of his life." Terry Pratchett, Jingo.
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