[ale] usb external drive recommendations needed

[Pete Hardie]

On 2/13/07, Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer at gmail.com> wrote:
> Pete,
>
> If your looking at a pure eSata box it should work well, but get the
> newest kernel you can get.  Also Sata 300 is twice as fast as Sata 150
> and only a little more expensive.  You do need to ensure you get Sata
> 300 rated cables etc., but that is not too hard to do.
>
> FYI: The libata team has been aggressively adding support for eSata
> support for the last year.  They still don't have all the hot-plug
> features in there that you might want, but every new kernel is better
> than the one before.
>
> FYI2: Sata and eSata are basically the same, but most people would not
> require hotplug for Sata while I think it would be a requirement for a
> eSata setup.

Good info.

It sounds like my dream of a PC with USB kybd/mouse, SATA external
drives, USB/Firewire optical drives, and just the mobo and video card
in the case is very nearly possible.  Finally free from the expensive
gamerbox upgrade trreadmill! :->

I'll need to research the mobo/video card sizes now....

Thanks for the info, everyone!

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Pete Hardie
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