can anyone tell me is you can hook 1 computer the the usb and one to esata and both computers have access to drive.
2040954
Only one computer can control the drive at a time. It might work if the other computer was off when one accessed the drive, but should not work if both are powered on. Your better solution would be to use a network device like a Netgear PR2000 or a router like an Asus Rt-N16 that have USB ports that can share drives and network ports
693099
You can buy two TS-412 and hook up to the same network - they will show up as two different NAS. You CANNOT buy two TS-412 and populate 4 HDD each and make it a 8 disk RAID-5 (7 data, 1 parity), if that's what you asked. Regarding the USB/ESATA ports, you can add drive from those ports but they will be mounted as an independent volume. You cannot pair them with internal bay and make a RAID. Only the internal 4 bays can be used as RAID.
404781
The USB 3.0 chip-set supports sATA, so, no they are internal sATA ports for expansion drives not pass through for the EsATA.
2090202
No additional power to the card is needed as both esata and sata drives have separate power connectors. This is not a USB card.
1388645
The usb connectors on this are used for the front usb ports and card reader, the sata connection is only for the esata plug, the unit I purchased did not last but for a few months before it died
880638
You would need an ESATA to USB 3.0 Conversion Cable, and I don't think that exists. You will just have to use the drive at USB 2.0 speeds. There are plenty of USB 3.0 TO ESATA cables, but not what you need.
1370503
The ports on the front of the case (2x USB 3.0, 1x eSATA, 2x USB 2.0, HDD Dock) function similar to a USB Hub. In that all of those ports connect to the motherboard via only one regular SATA cable. So to answer your question it connects to a regular SATA port not an eSATA port.
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It comes with a small power cord to connect to a USB port -- at least mine did. eSATA is definitely faster than USB 2. Overall, the speed is comparable to USB 3, although USB 3 has a higher theoretical speed if I remember correctly. USB 3 is also supposed to be more power efficient.
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No it does not. I purchased the eSATA cables separately. The eSATA is faster than USB by orders of magnitude. If you are purchasing this drive it is imperative to also purchase an eSATA cable, otherwise the performance benefits of the drive are lost.
459120
No, It wont work. USB to eSATA adapter is an uni-diretional, it wont do other way around. I highly recommend to use eSU3F8 that would cover ANY host interface
498301
No. Each port requires an interrupt to the microprocessor (CPU). Daisy chaining would confuse the system so CPU would not know which device it was dealing with. So that will not work. What you need is a USB hub. That will power both USB drives and act as an intermediate processor which the CPU can deal with. USB hubs are rather inexpensive. USB, however, will be considerably slower than eSata. But it is more convenient.
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If you use the eSATA connection, you will need to make sure you have an eSATA port. As for the USB, I've only ever used it on a USB 2.0 port, but it has worked flawlessly for me.
1768773
From the enclosure's official website:http://oyendigital.com/hard-drives/store/EN3-M.html"This model is capable of powering from an eSATAp port using a single cable connection (requires eSATA + DC power cable)."The cables included with this product are:1x USB 3.0 cable1x power to USB Y-cable1x eSATA cableYou will have to purchase the eSATAp cable separately, however.eSATA to eSATA + DC Input Power Cable
2225862
No. power is provided via USB 2.0 connection when using eSATA. All cables are supplied.
1590453
I believe so, yes. You need the correct port on your computer too (esata) but I had no problems connecting the hard drive. You'll also need some sort of power supply for the hard drive. I had one from a sata to usb kit.
2022773
Yes. The SATA ports are hot pluggable. The eSATA should be too but I haven't tested it.
518449
There are TWO esata inputs - each input utilizes 4 drives each. So you'd need two cables to run all of them.