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On 07/01/2014 10:58:45 AM, Dale wrote: |
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> Helmut Jarausch wrote: |
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> > On 07/01/2014 10:30:44 AM, Dale wrote: |
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> >> |
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> >> I been wanting to get me something external but hadn't got around |
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> to |
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> >> looking yet. I didn't know they have a SATA version. I plan to |
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> avoid |
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> >> USB if I can. From my understanding, eSATA can be hotplugged and |
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> I have |
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> >> a couple of those connections. |
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> >> |
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> > I 'believe' that eSATA is dead - just look how few products are |
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> > available. |
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> > I have 3 USB-3 drives which are very fast (more than 100 MB/sec) and |
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> > if your motherboard doesn't have an USB-3 adapter, yet, it's very |
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> cheap. |
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> > Helmut |
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> I do have a few USB3 connectors. I just figured USB would be a good |
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> bit |
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> slower. Plus, can USB power a 3.5" hard drive nowadays? |
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Probably not. All of my external USB3 disks have a separate power |
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supply. |
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> root@fireball / # hdparm -tT /dev/sdb |
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> /dev/sdb: |
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> Timing cached reads: 6604 MB in 2.00 seconds = 3303.39 MB/sec |
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> Timing buffered disk reads: 542 MB in 3.01 seconds = 180.33 MB/sec |
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> root@fireball / # |
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Try a real life example like dd. I have seen the above mentioned speed |
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on disks with a file system on it which does limit the speed anyway. |
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> I did find a eSATA enclosure on Newegg and the price wasn't bad. It's |
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> one option I guess. |
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> Dale |
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> :-) :-) |
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