On 7 February 2014 15:45, John R Pierce <pierce at hogranch.com> wrote: > 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 > The two I linked are internal units to go in a 5.25" bay ... that's why you'd need an internal 4-6 port card to make them worthwhile.