ESATA Cards

[Tesselator]

Okay, just tried it - eSATA port from the spare internal port on SATA PCI card, PowerMac G5.

YES - Drive can be ejected via right mouse button and powered off, no problem. I think.

NO - Drive doesn't auto-mount unless it is powered on before system boot, so can't just turn the external drive on anytime and see the drive on the desktop. Unless there's a workaround.

NO - Doesn't work with multiple drive enclosures. One port = one drive only. I have a four drive SOHO enclosure with in-built port-multiplier so all four drives *should* work via a single USB or eSATA connection, but only the first drive mounted. All four drives mount with a single USB port, but not with this SATA->eSATA port converter so I assume it apparently needs a 'proper' eSATA port. So not the solution I was hoping for.

PS. The drive appears as a normal internal drive, not an external drive (with eject icon).

Cool!

And I'm pretty sure (99%) that we can get a drive that wasn't present during boot to scan in and mount. It guess the code to do so isn't very complex.

 

[nanofrog]

NO - Doesn't work with multiple drive enclosures. One port = one drive only. I have a four drive SOHO enclosure with in-built port-multiplier so all four drives *should* work via a single USB or eSATA connection, but only the first drive mounted. All four drives mount with a single USB port, but not with this SATA->eSATA port converter so I assume it apparently needs a 'proper' eSATA port. So not the solution I was hoping for.

Not all eSATA cards support PM enclosures, as it depends on the specific chip used.

The manufacturer's product description would state if it supports PM enclosures, and occasionally, lists the chip's maker and model number. (Handy for using another company's drivers).

 

[rtrt]

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