Best way to plug eSATA external into a Thunderbolt port?

[Sean Dempsey]

Subject says it all. Got a new iMac, 512ssd, and I want to connect a 2tb ESATA external I have.

Searching around I see a LaCie hub, but are there other options I am not away of? Adapters or dual purpose cables? DIY?

 

[Bear]

For the price the Lacie is the best, the only other thing currently available that I know of is the Sonnet Echo Express SE Thunderbolt to eSATA, but it's noticeably more expensive.

If you can wait the Sonnet Echo 15 Thunderbolt Dock looks like a great option with all the ports, the optical drive and the ability to put an HD or SSD in it.

 

[Chippy99]

Hideous though, isn't it. And probably expensive. Expensive and hideous.

 

[flynz4]

Subject says it all. Got a new iMac, 512ssd, and I want to connect a 2tb ESATA external I have.

Searching around I see a LaCie hub, but are there other options I am not away of? Adapters or dual purpose cables? DIY?

Is it really a single ESATA external... or do you have multiple? If it is just one... I would scrap it and just move to a new external (either USB3 or TB).

Switching to new technology comes at a cost... but maintaining legacy also has a cost.

/Jim

 

[Sean Dempsey]

It's the OWC Mercury Elite Pro, USB2/FW800/ESATA.

It's just for timemachine/superduper (yes I do both on different partitions /wink) and then the rest is a 3rd partition for just whatever.

I was hoping it was easy, if not, I will just wait til I get the Mac Pro and can just go full TB2 and do some RAIDs.

It's a new era.. of cables and adapters and dongles =/