Comments on: Mini-Review: Generic hot-swap eSATA Docking Bay with Ubuntu http://www.serenux.com/2010/02/mini-review-generic-hot-swap-esata-docking-bay-with-ubuntu/ Life, the Universe and Ubuntu. Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:38:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: HyRax http://www.serenux.com/2010/02/mini-review-generic-hot-swap-esata-docking-bay-with-ubuntu/comment-page-1/#comment-4129 HyRax Sun, 28 Nov 2010 19:40:55 +0000 http://www.serenux.com/?p=631#comment-4129 Yes, a 5400rpm drive will severely hamper your transfer speeds. My tests were done with a 7200rpm drive. Yes, a 5400rpm drive will severely hamper your transfer speeds. My tests were done with a 7200rpm drive.

]]> By: Mark http://www.serenux.com/2010/02/mini-review-generic-hot-swap-esata-docking-bay-with-ubuntu/comment-page-1/#comment-4123 Mark Sun, 28 Nov 2010 13:00:47 +0000 http://www.serenux.com/?p=631#comment-4123 Thanks for your article. I have a sata docking port built into my coolermaster computer case, at the top of the case. I've never used it before but now I can see the advantage. I recently bought an external usb/e-sata enclosure and have been using that. I like your idea better though for portability and/or if the hard disk drive fails, it's easy enough to slap in a new one, rather than unscrew the enclosure case. For some reason I'm averaging 50-55 mb/s transfer speeds but that could be due to the hard drive I chose. WD-Cav.Green @ 5400 rpm/64mb cache. Oh well, lesson learned. Mark Thanks for your article. I have a sata docking port built into my coolermaster computer case, at the top of the case. I’ve never used it before but now I can see the advantage.
I recently bought an external usb/e-sata enclosure and have been using that.
I like your idea better though for portability and/or if the hard disk drive fails, it’s easy enough to slap in a new one, rather than unscrew the enclosure case.
For some reason I’m averaging 50-55 mb/s transfer speeds but that could be due to the hard drive I chose. WD-Cav.Green @ 5400 rpm/64mb cache. Oh well, lesson learned.

Mark

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