combined eSATA and FW800 - noob question

[skerfoot]

I have 8T blade HDs that I want to connect to a Mac Pro running OSX server (10.6.5). The best connection that I have on the back of the Mac Pro is FW800, but the blade drives both have eSATA.

Can I connect the two drives together with eSATA, and then one of the drives to the Mac Pro via FW800? Is there an advantage to doing this, or should I just use FW800 throughout?

While I'm asking stupid questions, is there any disadvantage to daisy-chaining drives via FW versus plugging them into their own port on the the Mac Pro?

Thanks

 

[eawmp1]

Daisy chain FW throughout (slower), or this: http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Newer%20Technology/MPQXES2/

 

[skerfoot]

Daisy chain FW throughout (slower), or this: http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Newer%20Technology/MPQXES2/

That looks cool. I think I'll try that out.

Thanks

 

[lag1090]

Why don't you just install an eSATA PCI Express card?

Many of them have generic SIL-based chipsets, and they should be compatible with OS X.