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It doesn't work that way.... The eSATA connection is for connecting additional storage to the MSS.
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Hi, first time here. Great forum.
My first question is can I use my EX485 as an external drive via ESATA port? I was thinking of purchase an ESATA PCI card for my PC and then plug it to my EX485 and have it as external HD. I know nothing about ESATA. Please help.
Thanks
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June 28, 2009 10:13 AM
June 28, 2009 4:49 PM
Why would you want to do that the machine you have is a server that you can access from every computer on your network for storage its a external drive on steroids if you will.
Donovan Hulbert
June 28, 2009 6:39 PM
Thank you for taking the time to answer my question. I was trying to edit a video directly from the EX485 and it was choppy. The Cat6 cable is not fast enough to give me real time video so I thought maybe I should use the eSATA port instead but I guess it doesn't work. Thanks again.
June 30, 2009 2:23 PM
Yes, the server is designed primarily for storage and back-ups, not for NLE. For NLE you may want to look at Western Digital My Book Studio Edition 1 TB USB 2.0/FireWire 400/FireWire 800/eSATA Desktop External Hard Drive.
On a technical note...
When it comes to transfer speeds the Cat6 (and the underlying TCP/IP) is designed specifically for fast transfer of data and in that matter is superior to SATA.
Newer SATA is rated 3Gbit/s, but the actual data throughput is about 300MB/s, where's Cat6 is capable of 10Gbit/s (provided your PC/router can support such a rate). Only Enterprise-grade routers can do that, and newer end-user routers can do up to 1Gbit/s.
So, don't blame Cat6 - the slowdown is on the hard drive side, not the network. ;)
Best regards,
@rusgrafx
July 1, 2009 6:48 AM
rusgrafx said: Yes, the server is designed primarily for storage and back-ups, not for NLE. For NLE you may want to look at Western Digital My Book Studio Edition 1 TB USB 2.0/FireWire 400/FireWire 800/eSATA Desktop External Hard Drive. On a technical note... When it comes to transfer speeds the Cat6 (and the underlying TCP/IP) is designed specifically for fast transfer of data and in that matter is superior to SATA. Newer SATA is rated 3Gbit/s, but the actual data throughput is about 300MB/s, where's Cat6 is capable of 10Gbit/s (provided your PC/router can support such a rate). Only Enterprise-grade routers can do that, and newer end-user routers can do up to 1Gbit/s. So, don't blame Cat6 - the slowdown is on the hard drive side, not the network. ;)Hey thanks for clearify it.
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