Flash Drives Go eSATA!
Example #1: “PhotoFast G-Monster”
- 170MB/s READS!!, 100MB/s writes
- 32 / 64 / 128GB!!
- $?? / $249 / $449 (28 Aug 2009)
Example #2: "OCZ Throttle"
- comes in 8/16/32GB models, street (28 Aug 2009) ~= $40 / $55 / $92: ProVantage Link
- Good review at Xtreme CPU forum
- 90MB/s reads, ~30MB/s writes
- fyi, USB2.0 spec tops out at about 40MB/s theoretical top end... the fastest USB flash drives get somewhere around 35MB/s reads and 20 MB/s writes
- this has dual eSATA and USB2.0 interfaces (of course)
- and this drive still does very well over USB2.0 interface... 33MB/s read, 21MB/s writes
- remember, SATA1 = 150MB/s, eSATA=SATA II=300MB/s theorectical top end
- it'll actually draw power from eSATA if you're lucky enough to have that fancy of an eSATA port but those are rare so most will wind up attaching an annoying mini-usb cable for power
- supposedly even more bootable than USB since eSATA is a "real" hard drive link
- not very sexy casing is it? :\
