Thermaltake Muse eSATA 3.5" 3.5" Silver

Muse eSATA 3.5" - Transfer speed up to 3Gbps; All aluminum What is eSATA ?
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 in mid-2004. eSATA provides more performance than existing solutions and is hot pluggable.

Why eSATA?
-Extra shielding layer to reduce EMI.
-Recessed connector to prevent ESD.
-Fully support hot-plug. (Motherboard or controller also have to support).
-Provides easy way to replace, upgrade or expand storage without downtown.
-Native SATA interface at 3Gbs transfer rates also supports Native Command Queuing (NCQ) to get the most performance from PC technology.
-Up to 6 times faster than USB2.0 & IEEE1394.