ESATA port for adding drive

[mrME]

I was looking at using my ESATA port to add a another 1TB drive to my system. Was wondering if anyone else has done this ?


specs.....
ASROCK E350M1 {CPU fan lvl 1 in BIOS}
Pareema 4GB (2 x 2GB)
Intel EXPI9301CTBLK NIC
4 - WD20EARS 2TB HDD
picoPSU-150-XT PowerSupply
1 - Noctua NF-R8-1800 {lvl 1 manual speed control in BIOS}

 

[mrsieb]

I dont see a reason why it should not work. Only thing that maybe a multiplierer is not supported on the onboard ESATA port.
Use a high quality cable with good mechanical connectors.

 

[mrME]

Thanks for the reply....Your right this Mobo does not have multiplier support but Im only using a single drive which is working great. Its just a spare drive to hold all of my kids junk...music, videos, etc.

 

[fisheater]

Im keen to do this also. I am using the ASUS e35 M1-M Pro 8 GB RAM which has 5 SATA ports, and one eSATA. I would like to try and use that 6th port (eSATA) to set up two RAIDz pools - each of 3x 2TB drives. Anyone have any luck with using an eSATA port to gain one extra HD in your pool?

TY

 

[mrME]

Not sure about adding it to your raid... im just using it stand alone UFS. Are you trying to use 2 drive on one Esata port ? If so then your gonna multiplier support.

 

[fisheater]

Plan
RAIDZ 1 - SATA1, SATA2, SATA3
RAIDZ 2 - SATA4, SATA5, eSATA

 

[warri]

I have my small 2,5" drive connected to the eSATA port - it runs as a separate ZFS volume.
There are no problems so far, I'm using this cable: SATA extern 100cm SATA to eSATA (sorry, german website)