eSATA vs SATA

[Michael Sacci]

eSATA is the cable connection type. Make sure everything is SATA II (or 300) – Card, drives, and enclosure if you go this route.

What is new is stuff like the Fusion D800RAID which are Mutlilane ports these are more expensive and you need matching cards but they are the faster systems. Seems like you get the same speeds at RAID 5 and with SATA II at RAID 0.

If I where doing Uncompressed multi cam I would get the fastest set up. The keywords are multilane or SAS connectors if you want to research them. There are several post on in this and other forums.

[Walter Biscardi]

[TheDuke2007] “Sonnet makes the “Fusion D800RAID” (4-8TB) and Lacie makes the “S2S” (5TB).”

Also look at MaxxDigital’s Pro unit. Pretty much the same as the Sonnet Fusion D800 but a little cheaper. We tested Maxx, Sonnet and Dulce here recently and went with the Maxx 8TB unit.

eSata is just the connection type on the back of the array, it’s a much larger cable and actually locks into place rather than a simple push in.

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[Chris Poisson]

If you overlook the Firmtek arrays and cards, you are missing something very, very good, and probably the best price out there. Very highly rated right here on the Cow.

https://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/105/857922

I’ve had one of these for over a year without a single problem. Just bought their little 2-drawer unit of my laptop, 1tb for less than 500 bucks including drives, Just screams.

Have a wonderful day.

[Christopher Kinsman]

Dont forget to check out mac gurus. They have a very good prebuilt or build it yourself product. Check out the different raids they offer (if any) to be sure you’re getting what you need. Hope this helps! Kind Regards, Chris K.