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[Eric Shubert]

Charles Wyble wrote:
> 
> Eric Shubert wrote:
> 
>> Do you really need the speed for backups? You might consider using USB2 
>> instead of eSATA. I have external backup drives configured mirrored 
>> (with software raid-1) on USB2. It works nicely. It's not as fast as 
>> eSATA would be, but it's adequate.
>>
> 
> So many USB drives and motherboards come with e-sata support though. 
> Might as well. :)

Of course, use eSATA if it's there. :)

> I use USB2 for my backups with rsync and it works great. However I'm 
> considering moving to e-sata for additional speed.


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-Eric 'shubes'