03-07-2013, 03:10 PM
C(-)ris,
These are non-issues and definitely do not outweigh the benefits provided by esata. Actually, they’re pretty much business as usual for me. Nearly all of my drives require ac adapters and I always power down drives prior to disconnecting them. Stems from the days of SCSI drives and ADB devices.
Robert
> The problem with eSATA is that it isn't reliably hot swapable. It
> is fine for permanent disks and large external drives. But it
> isn't useful for all my small portables. Plus you need an extra
> power brick to use it.
These are non-issues and definitely do not outweigh the benefits provided by esata. Actually, they’re pretty much business as usual for me. Nearly all of my drives require ac adapters and I always power down drives prior to disconnecting them. Stems from the days of SCSI drives and ADB devices.
Robert
> The problem with eSATA is that it isn't reliably hot swapable. It
> is fine for permanent disks and large external drives. But it
> isn't useful for all my small portables. Plus you need an extra
> power brick to use it.