OT: but could be useful to other users also

[jd1008]

On 10/19/2015 01:56 PM, Gordon Messmer wrote:
> On 10/19/2015 11:50 AM, jd1008 wrote:
>> The good news is I found a much less expensive device on ebay which
>> also will pass power through my laptop's powered eSata port out
>> to female usb port and female eSata port (only one can be used at a 
>> time).
>
> If you have an eSatap port, you can connect an eSata device, or a USB 
> device, because the port is a combination of both.  However, that 
> isn't going to help you connect a USB 3 device to the eSata port.  The 
> adapter you found merely connects a USB device to the USB portion of 
> the eSatap port.  And, if your laptop doesn't have USB 3, then you're 
> just going to get a USB 2 connection.
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESATAp
>
Will get back to all after I receive the items and test i/o throughput using
real disk files and kernel data files (/dev/zero).