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Oleg34

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What is your external storage interface of chose?.

If you ask me. eSATA all the way!. Don't tell me it's old or absolute interface.
 
I like eSATA, but USB is certainly more "resilient". I don't have as many issues with USB2/3 as I do with eSATA, but I do like that eSATA has excellent speed up and down (simultaneously).

I'd have to say USB3.

Firewire doesn't really exist for me.
 
I've never used eSATA,so I can't comment on that. USB3 seems to work fine for me.
 
My only complaint about USB3 is that it is kind of slow. It takes 23.5 hours for my weekly rsync with checksums, for a little over 2TB of data.

I like the looks of the new 8TB externals, but am terrified how long it would take to do an rsync via USB.
 
Oleg34 said:
If you ask me. eSATA all the way!. Don't tell me it's old or absolute interface.
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I will say Obsolete!


SAS HBA, external SFF-8088 port, SFF-8088 cable, PCI slot riser SFF-8088 adapter card in other chassis and go from there.
 
Most hardware manufacturers are finally rolling out USB 3.0 devices. We’ve seen motherboards, hubs, hard drives, and notebooks all rocking the new and improved USB standard. It’s clearly the future of USB with backwards compatibility, dramatically faster speeds and full-duplex data transfers. That’s great, but it’s still not faster than eSATA right now. http://techcrunch.com/2010/02/05/esata-is-faster-than-usb-3-0-at-least-right-now/
 
Oleg34 said:
Most hardware manufacturers are finally rolling out USB 3.0 devices. We’ve seen motherboards, hubs, hard drives, and notebooks all rocking the new and improved USB standard. It’s clearly the future of USB with backwards compatibility, dramatically faster speeds and full-duplex data transfers. That’s great, but it’s still not faster than eSATA right now. http://techcrunch.com/2010/02/05/esata-is-faster-than-usb-3-0-at-least-right-now/
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It might be great until you want to put it on a computer that doesn't have esata. I have personally never used esata since a SSD on a usb 3(or down) is plenty fast and compatible. :)
 
All you have to do is to Install PCI-e controller card or an eSATA bracket. As for SSD i believe in about one or two years we will be able to buy 1TB SSD for $70-$80.
 
Oleg34 said:
All you have to do is to Install PCI-e controller card or an eSATA bracket. As for SSD i believe in about one or two years we will be able to buy 1TB SSD for $70-$80.
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I guess if you want to carry around a controller card. I like plug and play.
If you also come upon a older computer, the pci-e might not be supported, so best to carry both pci-e and pci. ;)
 
To me the term plug and play means removable media. For instance flash drive. PCI or PCIe cards considered to be peace of hard were. You would not want to stick with integrated GPU unless you are using your PC for very basic tasks.
 
SCSI interface has been dead for a long time. The last time i have used SCSI when i have owned Intel 486DX build. But SCSI HDDs were rock stable.
 
For ease of portability, USB (either USB2 or USB3). The flexibility and widespread adoption makes it the easiest external connection when it comes to storage. I can take my thumb drives/HDD/SSD enclosures/etc. anywhere and I'm pretty confident I can plug them in and access the data. Heck, even with a OTG cable I can connect them to android devices and play media from them without using up the local storage.

However, I do have a soft spot for eSATA since my work locked down all the USB ports. I still carry around my Zalman ZM-VE200 enclosure which has both :p I can plug it into any USB port I need to... and at work I can use my eSATA port which isn't locked down to get around the external device restrictions!
 
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