Hmm, interesting. On both drives, the esata port sits next to the firewire port. My thought was that I’d be using the esata (to sata to thunderbolt) just as one would use a firewire or usb cable: as the input to the computer. Seeing as the esata port is the fastest port on the drive, that seemed to be the natural choice in attempting to connect to my computer.
These are the two drives I’m considering:
– The Lacie Quadra 4Big 6TB
– OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro Qx2 8TB (4 2TB WD Red Drives)