Re: eSATA

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cristalink wrote:
Hi, I am considering an external SATA HDD for my server.

1) Assuming my motherboard supports eSATA, or I buy an eSATA controller, will the eSATA HDD appear as a removable device with the safe removal icon on the taskbar, like a USB external HDD?

2) There are SATA->eSATA and eSATA->SATA cables. If I connect the first cable to my m/b that supports only SATA (not eSATA), and then connect the second cable to the first one, and then connect a SATA HDD to the second cable, it won't make the HDD hot swappable, will it?

Thanks



1. Not likely - though it can depend on the controller (I've not seen one that would make it removable like that).

2. The controller and to an extent, the drive determine if it's hot swappable, not so much the cable.
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