On Fri, Jun 10, 2016 at 1:52 PM, Carlos E. R. <robin.listas@telefonica.net> wrote:
The one I have is a handmedown. I only had to replace the hard disk, and added external harddisks via USB. Slow is good enough in my case. I hope to get one with eSATA one day :-)
Talking theoretical speeds only. USB 2 is 0.480 Gbit/sec USB 3 is 5 Gbit/Sec eSata is 6 Gbit/Sec USB 3.1 Gen 2 is 10 Gbit/Sec NVMe is about 30,000 Gbit/Sec (Not a typo). NVMe requires a almost direct connection to the PCIe bus, but laptops are being made now that have that. Obviously it is not meant for external storage purposes. === eSata in a laptop is yesterday's news already. I think you will have to buy a used laptop if you want it. USB 3 is easy to find. USB 3.1 Gen 2 is probably coming online now and will be common shortly (I assume). In a test with a desktop tower using a USB 3.1 Gen 2 PCIe add-on card, a USB 3.1 Gen 2 dock, and a high-performance SSD I hit 580 MB/sec real world And that was the limit of the SSD I was using. So quit dreaming about eSata and start dreaming about USB 3.1 Gen 2 and high-speed external devices. Greg -- Greg Freemyer www.IntelligentAvatar.net -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org