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

I really appreciate the advice Jonathan, thank you! Was starting to
feel lonely.

Best

Tudor

On Nov 4, 2009, at 2:01 AM, Jonathan Sanderson wrote:

> 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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