On 2/7/2014 7:28 AM, James Hogarth wrote: > I was thinking of a bay along the lines of: > > http://www.sharkoon.com/?q=en/node/1824 or > http://www.icydock.com/goods.php?id=151 > > I wonder what performance would be like through multiplexing the eSATA > interface compared to buying a 4-6 port internal SATA card. well, it would have to be a 4-6 port EXTERNAL sata card, and I don't think you can find those in low profile pci-e as there just isn't room for that many connectors on the LP backplate. you could use a 4 port SAS card but thats more expensive. yes, 1 eSATA expanded to 4 drives is going to be slower than 4 dedicated ports. not sure that matters enough on my home NAS -- john r pierce 37N 122W somewhere on the middle of the left coast