From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B63013877A for ; Tue, 1 Jul 2014 08:46:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C7AFAE09D5; Tue, 1 Jul 2014 08:46:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mx-out-1.rwth-aachen.de (mx-out-1.rwth-aachen.de [134.130.5.186]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8C7AEE094E for ; Tue, 1 Jul 2014 08:46:48 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.01,580,1400018400"; d="scan'208";a="336605834" Received: from igpm.igpm.rwth-aachen.de ([134.130.161.1]) by mx-1.rz.rwth-aachen.de with ESMTP; 01 Jul 2014 10:46:47 +0200 Received: from numa-i.igpm.rwth-aachen.de ([134.130.161.252]) by igpm.igpm.rwth-aachen.de with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1X1tiA-0007Oy-V6 for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Tue, 01 Jul 2014 10:46:47 +0200 Received: from numa-i (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by numa-i.igpm.rwth-aachen.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9AB3C3E86 for ; Tue, 1 Jul 2014 10:46:48 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 01 Jul 2014 10:46:48 +0200 From: Helmut Jarausch Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] smartctrl drive error @60% To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <53AA050F.4070907@gmail.com> <53AAF0CB.4060902@gmail.com> <20140625170952.3f3250c8@hactar.digimed.co.uk> <201406251745.06064.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <20140625182940.5e6e4adf@hactar.digimed.co.uk> <53AB4A31.3030104@gmail.com> <53AB804E.8010405@gmail.com> <53ABA853.50600@gmail.com> <20140629151736.GA17188@asp.Speedport_W723_V_Typ_A_1_01_001> <53B271B4.1000507@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <53B271B4.1000507@gmail.com> (from rdalek1967@gmail.com on Tue Jul 1 10:30:44 2014) X-Mailer: Balsa 2.4.13 Message-Id: <1404204408.4257.0@numa-i> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; DelSp=Yes; Format=Flowed Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 54639384-2721-49a2-831b-b1a698bf683d X-Archives-Hash: cac12c90c583732c4701954d51ac6efa On 07/01/2014 10:30:44 AM, Dale wrote: >=20 > I been wanting to get me something external but hadn't got around to > looking yet. I didn't know they have a SATA version. I plan to avoid > USB if I can. From my understanding, eSATA can be hotplugged and I =20 > have > a couple of those connections. >=20 I 'believe' that eSATA is dead - just look how few products are =20 available. I have 3 USB-3 drives which are very fast (more than 100 MB/sec) and if your motherboard doesn't have an USB-3 adapter, yet, it's very cheap. Helmut. =