Re: External SATA ports instead of US(less)B?

bad sector <forgetski@postit_INVALID_.gov>
Newsgroups alt.comp.hardware
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On 11/18/21 12:05 AM, David W. Hodgins wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Nov 2021 23:45:01 -0500, bad sector 
> <forgetski@postit_invalid_.gov> wrote:
>> Just wondering, I can carry a SATA ssd in my pocket just as easily 
>> as a US(eless)B dongle and could get more capacity plus 
>> gigamultiples of speed (not to mention reliability issues). Do any 
>> MoBo makers do this yet?
> 
> You're looking for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_ATA#eSATA
> 
> My ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX MB purchased in 2012 has one eSATA external 
> connection.

My asus g73 laptop doesn't but I just see that my crosshair-IV 
mobo has two of them. One of the uses I'd have for it is the
perpetual migration of files between the two as I'm on the 
laptop in the day and on the desktop in the evening. I don't
wanna network them as that would require both to run at 
the same time and wouldn't work on the road at all.

What I had in mind were maybe a few deep recessed sata ports
in computers into which one could half-insert ruggedized mobile 
ssd's built with that in mind, a bit like large usb drives but better
held in a recessed port.
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