eSATA external drive or not? old Motherboards
We have here older MBs with two SATA-channels only.
1.Quick Data-backup(huge data)
a) using a second drive on slot 2.
b) using eSATA via 3SATA-adapter externally
If the old MB is slow then a) and b) will always have the same speed, right?
c) We can then eigher use a dockstation or external esata-case, right?
I have found these informations about esata versus usb3.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/20/usb3_esata/
thanks a lot
PCI-Controller-Card-SATA-IDE-eSata
How about a PCI-Controller-Card with 2x SATA, 1x IDE and 1x e-SATA?
a) i can add more hdds internally
b) can connect them externally at the 3-SATA-port, right?
c) How about speed compared with the above mentioned solutions?
keep in mind, pc is old-GA-7n400 pro2- AMD- xp-processor, 4gb ram
Still do not understand how its working
assuming i have two sata internally attached. What does the only esata external drive see?will there be a menue in the drive showing both?
Why a PCI-Card if there is another solution?
For me who has only one sata-slot left(two in total) there is a simpler method by using a sata-esata-cable-combo. the one i have in mind has two cables. Maybe in case of emergency i could use the ide-connector with adapter internally to have access externally to a second inernal SATA-drive. in cmos-setup SCSI must be set if ide-drive is active and bootable-a systemdrive.
Since my pc is totally open drive-access was not that hard.