Interface card to control an external eSata drive?

Feek · 30-08-2007, 21:38

Will this be suitable to control this?

I've got the drive, but I didn't realise my server doesn't have USB2 ports! I know the card has 4 x USB2 ports which will work a lot faster but it's the eSATA bit I'm more interested in.

Mark · 30-08-2007, 21:44

Can't tell for sure. That item seems to think an external SATA port = eSATA. This is not true. eSATA, though using the same signals, uses a different connector.

I've tried plugging an eSATA drive into a SATA port, but the only way involved a hammer.

Feek · 30-08-2007, 21:48

Looking at the picture, the external port looks bigger than the internal one.

I don't know my sata/esata stuff well enough

Mark · 30-08-2007, 22:01

Size-wise, they're almost identical, but put them next to each other and the differences are obvious. I'd take a photo but I'm not sure it'd be helpful (or even usable).

kaiowas · 30-08-2007, 22:08

Cheapest way is to use something like this from an exisiting sata port:

http://www.cablecity.co.uk/product_i...oducts_id=1019

Feek · 30-08-2007, 22:09

Aye.... If the box had an internal sata port, which it doesn't.

/edit - this looks like the right one but that and the cable work out to £30!

Mark · 30-08-2007, 22:28

/me nods. 'I' and 'L' fit the descriptions of the connectors perfectly. 'I' being eSATA.

Some drives come with SATA to eSATA adapters, but I'm guessing if you don't have USB, you don't have SATA either.

Davey_Pitch · 31-08-2007, 01:34

I got a PCI eSata controller with my new motherboard. I'm off to bed now, but I'll check it all tomorrow, and assuming it'll work for you, I'll send it down Feek. I can't see any use for it for the forseeable future

Feek · 31-08-2007, 07:49

Doh! I ordered a card and cable last night, but thanks anyway Davey. I want to get it working on a decent interface ASAP, it's painfully slow using USB1

Davey_Pitch · 31-08-2007, 08:33

No probs

30-08-2007, 21:38	#1
Feek ex SAS Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: JO01ou Posts: 10,062	Interface card to control an external eSata drive? Will this be suitable to control this? I've got the drive, but I didn't realise my server doesn't have USB2 ports! I know the card has 4 x USB2 ports which will work a lot faster but it's the eSATA bit I'm more interested in. __________________

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Feek ex SAS Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: JO01ou Posts: 10,062	Looking at the picture, the external port looks bigger than the internal one. I don't know my sata/esata stuff well enough __________________

30-08-2007, 22:08	#5
kaiowas The Stig Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Fightertown USA Posts: 1,458	Cheapest way is to use something like this from an exisiting sata port: http://www.cablecity.co.uk/product_i...oducts_id=1019 __________________ Anal Fish Porn

30-08-2007, 22:09	#6
Feek ex SAS Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: JO01ou Posts: 10,062	Aye.... If the box had an internal sata port, which it doesn't. /edit - this looks like the right one but that and the cable work out to £30! __________________ Last edited by Feek; 30-08-2007 at 22:17.

31-08-2007, 01:34	#8
Davey_Pitch I iz speshul Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Liverpool Posts: 6,296	I got a PCI eSata controller with my new motherboard. I'm off to bed now, but I'll check it all tomorrow, and assuming it'll work for you, I'll send it down Feek. I can't see any use for it for the forseeable future __________________ Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine as children do. It's not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own lights shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

30-08-2007, 21:44	#2
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	Can't tell for sure. That item seems to think an external SATA port = eSATA. This is not true. eSATA, though using the same signals, uses a different connector. I've tried plugging an eSATA drive into a SATA port, but the only way involved a hammer.

30-08-2007, 22:01	#4
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	Size-wise, they're almost identical, but put them next to each other and the differences are obvious. I'd take a photo but I'm not sure it'd be helpful (or even usable).

30-08-2007, 22:28	#7
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	/me nods. 'I' and 'L' fit the descriptions of the connectors perfectly. 'I' being eSATA. Some drives come with SATA to eSATA adapters, but I'm guessing if you don't have USB, you don't have SATA either.

31-08-2007, 07:49	#9
Feek ex SAS Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: JO01ou Posts: 10,062	Doh! I ordered a card and cable last night, but thanks anyway Davey. I want to get it working on a decent interface ASAP, it's painfully slow using USB1 __________________

31-08-2007, 08:33	#10
Davey_Pitch I iz speshul Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Liverpool Posts: 6,296	No probs __________________ Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine as children do. It's not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own lights shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.