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    2 External Drives 1 eSATA port what to do?

    Discussion in 'Accessories' started by BlackSheep5, Dec 2, 2008.

  1. BlackSheep5

    BlackSheep5 Notebook Consultant

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    The computer I have is the one in the sig, it has 1 eSATA port, I have a Seagate Freeagent Pro 1TB external drive plugged into that port.

    I have another external WD My Book 1TB drive that is only USB. I am looking for an external enclosure with an eSATA port to put the HDD from the WD external in.

    So I will have 2 externals and 1 eSATA port, I have a few ideas but I am not sure they will work.

    1. Get an eSATA port multiplier and use the 2 drives. http://www.sataport.com/

    2. Get a dual drive external enclosure and put the HDD from each external in it.
    http://www.directron.com/kmtb235.html
    http://www.circotech.com/age220-sau-2-bay-trayless-sata-hard-drive-usb-2-0-esata-external-raid-box.html
    The issue with this is, if I do JOBD will 2 drives work over 1 eSATA cable?
    If I get an enclosure that has Raid options, will Raid 0 work with 2 different name brand same size drives?

    3. Find a dual drive enclosure that has an eSATA Hub/port multiplier built in. (Anyone know of one?)

    Thanks in advance for everyone’s input.
     
  2. azureice55

    azureice55 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Here's an example of what you can get:

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817121042

    You don't need a port multiplier. An external enclosure like this has a built in RAID controller, so as far as your system is concerned, there is only 1 "drive" attached (just like internal RAID). Raid 0 will work even if they are different brand drives.