Marko A. Jennings wrote: > On Sun, January 25, 2009 5:02 pm, centos at 911networks.com wrote: > >> Does anybody has any experience with e-sata on CentOS5.2? >> >> - How fast is it? Same as an internal sata? >> - Does it support sata-2? >> - Does it "hot-plug" like a USB? >> > > I use one ExpressCard eSATA II controller with a laptop under CentOS 5. > The controller requires reboot in order to be recognized (at least I don't > know a way to make it work any other way), but the disks are hot-pluggable > just like with USB. No idea how the speed compares to internal SATA. > speed is identical, signalling wise, its SATA-2 (3Gbps)