Re: [FCP-L] 2 TB on eSata?

On 3 Nov 2009, at 07:28, Tudor Applen wrote:

> I have yet to purchase an inexpensive eSata card. I've read on forums
> the Dynex 2-Port eSATA II and the Sonnet equivalent are possibilities.

I'd avoid any card bearing the Silicon Image 3132 chipset. Although
there is a beta driver available for Snow Leopard, it's the first
update there's been in more than a year, and the chipset's been flaky
for far longer than that. I've also heard mixed reports about the new
driver.

I had some luck with a Sonnet ExpressCard eSATA adaptor (which uses
the 3132), but that stopped working around about 10.5.7, I think. The
3132-based desktop card I have never worked reliably - kernel panics
every fifteen minutes if I was lucky.

I've since bought a HighPoint RocketRAID 2314, with which I'm
reasonably happy. I'm using it with a cheap 4-bay (port multiplier)
enclosure; I offload finished projects to drives there, for archiving.
It's fast enough to edit off, but I tend to use internal drives for
that.

The problem you'll find is that almost every 'inexpensive' eSATA card
is based on the Sil3132.

--
Jonathan Sanderson
"If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter" (Pascal)

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