Replacing USB Drives with eSATA 4/20/2007 - The Diigo Meta page

• 02 May 07
  

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  • Shep Eddy Says: 
        April 20th, 2007 at 1:00 pm   

    Aside from speed, I cannot see much that will make me run to eSATA. The disadvantages seem numerous. The biggest is YAP (Yet Another Port). We’re finally getting rid of parallel and serial and the other ports as we merge toward a universal USB port. Now, we’re adding more ports.
     No power supplied.
     Shorter cable length.
     Doesn’t daisychain except with port multiplier. A 5 port multipler costs $85.

     

    USB may be slow but it sure is convenient. I’ll be the first to admit that I don’t know much about eSATA. But from looking at the specs, I can’t get too excited at this point.
  • Tim Fehlman Says: 
        April 20th, 2007 at 1:52 pm   

    I see this as something that you would probably attach to a home or small office server. I agree that USB is still extremely convenient and everywhere.

     

    But, when speed counts, you sometimes make compromises.

     

    Tim

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