Nowadays, we are dealing with larger home video files (because of HD) and still images have a lot more mega pixels too. Transferring these huge files from one media or drive to another can be very time consuming if you don't have the right interface. This is where the eSATA interface helps and makes transferring data painless. So we expect to see transfer rates faster than that of USB 2.0 but close or if not the same as USB 3.0. Let's see if it really is as we expect or not.

WHAT IS ESATA?

eSATA was first introduced in 2004, which basically takes the internal SATA interface external (e = external). The eSATA interface is usually used in external storage enclosures but USB 2.0 interface is more popular. Most external hard drive enclosures with FireWire or USB interfaces use either PATA or SATA drives and bridges to translate between the drives interfaces and the enclosures external ports and this bridging incurs some inefficiency. eSATA does not suffer from these issues provided that the controller manufacturer (and its drivers) presents eSATA drives as ATA devices, rather than as "SCSI" devices (as has been common with Silicon Image). This information is from Wikipedia so go here to find out morel

CLOSER LOOK

The front of the box tells you everything about the card and has a nice picture of the card itself. The back of the box is mostly advertising other product offerings from StarTech. They do have a wide range of products so feel free to check out their website. Inside the box you will find the user guide, an installation CD, the card itself and a half-height mounting bracket. The half-height mounting bracket can be used to install the card in smaller cases (think micro). There are two eSATA ports on the card. The card does not come with any eSATA cables, but that is expected because devices with eSATA interfaces usually do come with one (as far as I have seen anyways).

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