We’re setting up CatDV as our new media database and part of that, I wanted to utilize an older MaxxDigital 2 drive array that only has eSATA connections. We’re hooking up to a 21″ iMac which has no eSATA connectivity so we started looking around for some sort of adapters.
We found a spiffy hub type of thing that was a couple of hundred dollars but then came across this $30 eSATA to USB 2.0 adapter on Amazon.com.
I was somewhat dubious on whether the darn thing would work, but after running for over a week now, it works completely as advertised. I don’t know that I would try editing with this since it’s coming in through a USB 2.0 port on the iMac and USB is definitely not recommended for video editing. But if you’re looking to get more life out of some older chassis and you don’t have eSATA connections on all your computers, this little device definitely works!
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