USB 2 or eSATA PCI card

[Michael Hipp]

Jason Joines wrote:
>     It works just fine but USB 2 in general seems to be much slower than
> I'd hoped.  Connected to a drive enclosure with an SATA II ( 3 Gbps )
> drive, it still gets outperformed by internal ATA 100 drives though it
> may be the particular USB to SATA bridge ( Sunplus Technology ) in the
> enclosure slowing things down.

Yes. I use lots of USB2 drives and have great success with them. But 
generally they are good for bulk storage where performance is not an 
issue or where mobility is the thing. But USB2 is rather uninspiring in 
its performance.

I hear Firewire is a bit better but I suspect eSATA is where the future 
lies.

Glad you got it working.

Michael