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    P79/P78 eSATA question for those that use it

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by TANWare, Jun 24, 2012.

  1. TANWare

    TANWare Just This Side of Senile, I think. Super Moderator

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    Hi,
    I am thinking of an eSATA dock for my modified P79 and these are available with multiple drives with a USB3 interface as well. I have a USB 3 card and know most of those docs will show both drives in that interface. With our eSATA though is it multi drive capable? I don't care about RAID but would like to know I can transfer data within the docked drives.............


    Edit; the forums search function is broken. I think this was covered a long time ago.................
     
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    I know that eSata is daisy chain-able. That is, you can attach another eSata drive to one already plugged into your computer. So you should be able to do what you want.
     
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    The multi deck ports usually specifiy having a multi drive capable eSATA. There was amother thread but I can't remember if ours was or wasn't. I think I rememeber RAID was not doable off the eSATA..............
     
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