It is true that there is nothing that exciting about SATA drives, but what about for external storage options? Ah, now there is a real question worth pursuing…

It may not seem like external SATA storage is anything new. After all, products like the CMS Velocity have been on the market for a couple of years now. While those drives were external SATA drives, they weren’t eSATA hardware.

Part of the SATA I/O standard, eSATA isn’t just internal Serial ATA slapped into an external box, but also defines the interconnect, signaling requirements and user features such as shielded cables and hot plug connections. The connector for an eSATA cable is different—you can’t use a standard motherboard SATA cable. You can find more details, including white papers on various aspects of serial ATA, at the SATA-IO Web site…. Source: Extremetech

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