) and that is an eSATA port. Is there a possibility that this will be in the next revision or down the line somewhere? Thanks and great product you have here!eSATA port on the way?
eSATA port on the way?
Hi, I was searching the web for an ultra low powered pc and this one looks great but it is missing the one thing that I was looking for (apart from the low power ) and that is an eSATA port. Is there a possibility that this will be in the next revision or down the line somewhere? Thanks and great product you have here!
) and that is an eSATA port. Is there a possibility that this will be in the next revision or down the line somewhere? Thanks and great product you have here!-
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Re: eSATA port on the way?
We find eSATA to be not quite as useful as USB2.
A major issue is that unlike USB2 eSATA does not incorporate power supply.
A major issue is that unlike USB2 eSATA does not incorporate power supply.
Re: eSATA port on the way?
Well, if you use the internal SATA port with a SATA-eSATA cable you CAN connect to external devices (with independent power supply).
Re: eSATA port on the way?
I have to agree with Brimur here.
Having an eSATA port would be a tremendous win. Yes, USB2 is powered, but is basically limited to ~35MB/sec max. This is a serious limit to virtually all modern drives.
eSATA (depending on version) has a max of 150 or 300MB/sec making it easy to attach an external SATA drive and get data from it at the full speed of the drive.
I realize the difficulties of doing this is partly because the Poulsbo chipset supports PATA only (and you're doing that PATA-to-SATA conversion already for the internal drive.)
What about an option to fill the mini-PCIe slot with a SATA controller instead of a WiFi card? It would make the Fit-PC2 an ideal network file server because it could have a large external drive array attached via a high-speed link (eSATA) and the Gigabit ethernet port.
That would be awesome!
Having an eSATA port would be a tremendous win. Yes, USB2 is powered, but is basically limited to ~35MB/sec max. This is a serious limit to virtually all modern drives.
eSATA (depending on version) has a max of 150 or 300MB/sec making it easy to attach an external SATA drive and get data from it at the full speed of the drive.
I realize the difficulties of doing this is partly because the Poulsbo chipset supports PATA only (and you're doing that PATA-to-SATA conversion already for the internal drive.)
What about an option to fill the mini-PCIe slot with a SATA controller instead of a WiFi card? It would make the Fit-PC2 an ideal network file server because it could have a large external drive array attached via a high-speed link (eSATA) and the Gigabit ethernet port.
That would be awesome!
Re: eSATA port on the way?
MattW wrote:I have to agree with Brimur here.
Having an eSATA port would be a tremendous win. Yes, USB2 is powered, but is basically limited to ~35MB/sec max. This is a serious limit to virtually all modern drives.
eSATA (depending on version) has a max of 150 or 300MB/sec making it easy to attach an external SATA drive and get data from it at the full speed of the drive.
I realize the difficulties of doing this is partly because the Poulsbo chipset supports PATA only (and you're doing that PATA-to-SATA conversion already for the internal drive.)
What about an option to fill the mini-PCIe slot with a SATA controller instead of a WiFi card? It would make the Fit-PC2 an ideal network file server because it could have a large external drive array attached via a high-speed link (eSATA) and the Gigabit ethernet port.
That would be awesome!
My thoughts exactly. As a Media Server its perfect except for the limited storage. Most media servers these days are in the TB's I have a mini pc at the mo connected via esata to a 2TB external drive. Im sure that size is becoming the norm now and the USB2 speed limitation is a hinderence for me anyway!
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Re: eSATA port on the way?
The Fit-PC2 is the perfect solution to my year-long search for a low-power server. But I want a RAID 1 disc configuration, and as far as I can see, this is only possible with an eSata port.