On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 8:07 PM, unsolicited <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:unsolicited@swiz.ca">unsolicited@swiz.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
So why is it considered reasonable to have to shut down to change SCSI, or IDE, but not external SATA (which is actually exactly the same as internal SATA, with a bit more mechanical 'glue'.)<br></blockquote><div>
</div></div><br>Because this is a hard disk dock that works with USB for removable disks, and is supposed to work with SATA too. It has the connector for SATA, and provided a bracket and a cable as well.<br><br><a href="http://www.vantecusa.com/en/product/view_detail/295">http://www.vantecusa.com/en/product/view_detail/295</a><br>
<br>The reason I want SATA over USB is that the former is faster, and less CPU <br>intensive as well.<br><br>The whole idea is to unmount a disk, power off the dock, and change the disk. Works fine with USB, but not SATA (on my server).<br>
<br>The issue here is probably that the motherboard does not support the SATA port multiplier feature <br><a href="http://www.serialata.org/technology/port_multipliers.asp">http://www.serialata.org/technology/port_multipliers.asp</a><br>
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