SATA-ES2P, Internal SATA to eSATA II 3GB External 2Port Host Bracket Cable 16cm
Initially SATA was designed as an internal or inside-the-box interface technology, bringing improved performance and new features to internal PC or consumer storage. Creative designers quickly realized the innovative interface could reliably be expanded outside the PC, bringing the same performance and features to external storage needs instead of relying on USB or 1394 interfaces. Called external SATA or eSATA, customers can now utilize shielded cable lengths up to 2 meters outside the PC to take advantage of the benefits the SATA interface brings to storage. SATA is now out of the box as an external standard, with specifically defined cables, connectors, and signal requirements released as new standards. eSATA provides more performance than existing solutions and is hot pluggable
Key benefits of eSATA:Up to 6 times faster than existing external storage solutions: USB 2.0, & 1394
- Robust and user friendly external connection
- High performance, cost effective expansion storage
- Applications: External Direct Attached Storage for notebooks, desktop, consumer electronics and entry servers.
The results of eSATA are dramatic and with no protocol overhead issues as with USB or 1394. The eSATA storage bus delivers as much as 37 times more performance. This ability is perfect for using an array of drives with performance striping behind the eSATA host port.
