Hot swap eSATA on MacPro?

[JesterJJZ]

I just got a new MacPro and orderd the eSATA extension for it.

http://www.newertech.com/products/esata_cable.php

I have one of these enclosues I plan on connecting to it. Can I hot swap the drives without rebooting?

http://cooldrives.com/dubayesandus.html

Thanks!

 

[FireSlash]

I've tried these cables on PCs, and found that they are NOT hot swappable. Unless the Mac Pro has a different SATA implementation, which I doubt, since it's an Intel board.

However, that enclosure claims it's hot swappable. In such a case, I would suspect as long as the enclosure isn't disconnected from the MP, you should be fine. Just make sure it's on and plugged in before you boot.

 

[Transeau]

Jester,

The onboard SATA connectors are NOT hot swap compatible. The chipset only checks for new drives on boot, and removing a drive would be treated as a failure. However, you wont cause any physical damage, but it could result in data loss.

If you need hot-swap, go with this:
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Sonnet Technology/TSATAIIE2P/