[Pc_Support] External SATA bracket ($9), external SATA enclosure/power ($35)

[Jason Boxman]

On Wed, 25 Jan 2006, Derek Konigsberg wrote:

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> Of course we still probably have the classic 1-drive-per-connection problem of 
> SATA (and IDE in general, if you want decent performance), but it is 
> definitely a step in the right direction.  (though this problem likely 
> becomes bigger for external storage than internal storage)

I'd heard ATA isn't as bad as it once was for slaving.

http://slug.archives.nks.net/List/slug.archive.0601/0196.html
http://slug.archives.nks.net/List/slug.archive.0601/0203.html

I haven't tried it myself.  I still prefer one ATA disk per bus to ensure 
a disk poping doesn't effect the other disk on the bus.