HowTo: Latitude E-/Precision M-Series Second 2,5" HDD

Isn't one of the strengths of SATA the ability to handle multiple HDDs on separate channels?

Are you including the eSATA port? if not, make it 4 HDDs.

John

 

u can make it more.
the express card slot can hold a eSATA card to support extra 2 HDDs.

 

Can this really work with the M6400?
I would be interested in a 1TB in the DVD slot to backup (possibly mirror via RAID 1) my permanent internal HD's which are 1TB (as RAID 0). See sig.

 

The max notebook HDD size is 500Gb

 

Oops I wasn't paying attention. Hence my doubts about fitting the larger HDD in the M6400 with its slim DVD.

 

1TB SSD!

 

As a quick aside - what eSata enclosure have y'all come across, and do any exist that can support both 2.5 as well as 3.5 HDDs exist?

 

I have one of these http://www.maxitmag.com/hardware-reviews/storage/thermaltake-muse-otb25-esata-enclosure-review.html

Thermaltake also have this model 2.5/3.5 esata dock http://www.case-mod.com/thermaltake...ata-hdd-esata-usb-docking-station-p-3760.html

Through a total lack of pre purchase research,I didn't realise a portable 2.5" eSata enclosure uses a usb cable for power as well as the esata cable kinda ruined the whole idea for me,as it's soo messy to use

 

@weegie - interesting; so that Thermaltake esata dock in your second link would be what you'd suggest as it has a dedicated power supply, and achieves true eSata speeds?

 

Ya,that's the way I would go if I had my time again,the portable one's are completely impractical imo,due to the two cable thing,the portable one does have a power jack as well,but no power adaptor supplied with it.
The dock spec's say the power supply come's with it,and have the advantage of hot swapping drive's in and out as well being able to use cheaper,faster,larger 3.5's

I presume thermaltake's spec's would be correct stating 3Gbit/s speed's.

Apparently powered eSata won't be that far away,which will be of a lot more use for portable's imo.....if your notebook support's it of course.