On 28 February 2011 02:06, Edward Ned Harvey < opensolarisisdeadlongliveopensola...@nedharvey.com> wrote:
> Take that a step further. Anything external is unreliable. I have used > USB, eSATA, and Firewire external devices. They all work. The only > question is for how long. eSATA has no need for any interposer chips between a modern SATA chipset on the motherboard and a SATA hard drive. You can buy cables with appropriate ends for this. There is no reason why the data side of an eSATA drive should be any more likely to fail than SATA. (within bounds, for cable lengths, etc) At least you can be assured that the drive will receive a flush request at appropriate times. I can't argue about the external power supplies, other than to say that many external cases these days use a single +12V rail, and have a +5V regulator on board. These are a lot better because they allow for easy replacement of the power supply. External units which use a combined +12V/+5V power supply are often rendered useless by a power supply failure. Cheers,
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