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Q: does an eSata port to USB3.0 adapter on Graid drive give a real improvement?

I have got an old GRaid 2 TB drive, it holds 2 FW800 ports, 1 usb2.0 and 1 e Sata 2 port, I am going to use it soon on a computer with only USB3 ports, I thought to connect the E sata port to usb3 via an adapter, has anyone used something reliable?

 

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Posted on Oct 21, 2016 8:28 AM

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Q: does an eSata port to USB3.0 adapter on Graid drive give a real improvement?

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  • by Luis Sequeira1,Helpful

    Luis Sequeira1 Luis Sequeira1 Oct 21, 2016 10:17 AM in response to alidav
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    Oct 21, 2016 10:17 AM in response to alidav

    I have used one USB3 to e-Sata adapter in the past and it worked fine, but I can't check now what brand it was (maybe Newertech?).

     

    In any case, it should easily be faster than any of the older connections.

    FW800 or USB2 were a bottleneck, severely limiting the usefulness of the RAID. With e-SATA you should see much better throughput.

  • by BenB,

    BenB BenB Oct 21, 2016 12:32 PM in response to alidav
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    Oct 21, 2016 12:32 PM in response to alidav

    No, because that eSATA output will only go out as fast as eSATA is capable of.  I use a FW800 drive with a T'bolt adapter.  It only gives me FW800 speed, because that's the port (and throughput limit) on the drive's port itself.

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    alidav alidav Oct 21, 2016 12:35 PM in response to BenB
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    Oct 21, 2016 12:35 PM in response to BenB

    I am sorry, i intended if i use the data 2 output compared to fw 800.