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In Reply to: RE: Question about USB storage posted by Bob_C on April 25, 2015 at 12:10:52
Thanks again Bob. Unfortunately my laptop is limited to USB, HDMI, RGB, and eithernet type ins and outs. Cost might kill me going to SSD since I need at least a 1.5 TB drive.
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I have a pretty involved audio PC setup with OS on mSATA card, linear PS, etc, and while I'm sure it's situation-dependent, I dont' find much difference between USB (3.0) and eSATA for data storage.
It's easy to compare because the Minipro enclosure has both eSATA and USB, and you can level the playing field by using an external PS (included) for both eSATA and USB (most 2.5" USB drives can only use computer's USB BUS power).
For the battery people, the Minipro can be powered by a 5V battery PS, which there are many out there. I'm using the Bakoon Lithium unit.
Hi Jon,
As long as his laptop has both USB2 and USB3... They would be on different controllers and that would be a solution.
Funny you mentioned that case. I am planing to pick one up to use eSATA with the new Toshiba 3TB drive when it comes out. I an using a ZOTAC CI320NANO as a small fan-less NAS running server 2012 and AO with an internal 2TB drive. Less expensive than the QNAP HS-251... I have been comparing this with my Synology NAS both running MinimServer.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883218038
http://toshiba.semicon-storage.com/ap-en/product/storage-products/specialty/mq03abbxxx.html
It's probably my favorite enclosure over the years. All metal for good heat dissipation, no need for fan.
I dropped a 1 TB Samsung Evo in there, and it's totally silent, cool, trouble-free.
I will say this about eSATA, though. eSATA really needs the computer side to have a dedicated eSATA controller/card. Those setups with internal SATA simply converted to eSATA with cable/connectors without controller are very unreliable. I've had several different setups like that that inexplicably lose connection between computer and outboard enclosure...
Open up the device manager in the "Connection View". This will show how your USB devices are connected. If you have more than one USB host controller then it may be possible (if you have enough USB sockets) to configure your disk on one host controller and your DAC on another one.
If you move things about, use "scan for hardware changes" to update the diagram. I found that I can move USB devices between my two controllers on my desktop machine and if I needed to run USB devices while listening to a USB DAC that's what I would do. Don't know about laptops, though...
Tony Lauck
"Diversity is the law of nature; no two entities in this universe are uniform." - P.R. Sarkar
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