03-07-2013, 03:24 PM
Robert M wrote:
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.
I don't think that those are non-issues for everyone. I personally would be very unhappy if I had to deal with a dozen power bricks for my drives. None of my 12 externals require power bricks when used via USB or FW. The cable mess would be horrible as they are not all the same brand. Also, I rarely restart my computer, if I had to do so every time I wanted to swap drives it would be a nightmare and simple tasks would take much longer.