Can you use eSATA to transfer files between two PCs?

[BirdDad]

1Gbps Ethernet is slow as hell.
Thanks

 

[matricks]

Serial ATA connects a storage device to a controller. Not a storage device to a storage device, or a controller to a controller.

If GbE isn't fast enough and 10GbE not an option, I can't think of anything other than copying from computer A to a fast drive (SSD on S-ATA 6 Gb/s or USB 3.0), and copy from fast drive to computer B. USB 3.0 host-to-host connections come to mind, but it is not designed for file transfer or networking, so there isn't support for those uses in OSes.

 

[JackMDS]

Transfer would Not happen, Burning the controller might.

It cost less than $50 to keep as a working tool 2.5" USB enclosure with 500GB 2.5" HD in it.

http://www.amazon.com/Sabrent-2-5-I...&sr=1-1&keywords=hard+drive+enclosure+usb+3+0

http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-2-5-I...8882311&sr=1-5&keywords=500+gb+2.5+hard+drive

For a little more One can get faster HD or smaller capacity SSD.

Of course there is also Network transfer that does not cost money at all.

Good 1Gb network can get close to 100MB/sec. (B=Byte)

 

[AnonymouseUser]

What are the hard drives in use, and which one is being written to? Even if you could use eSATA, HDD or SSD to HDD probably won't be any faster than GbE unless your GbE is underperforming.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

1Gbps Ethernet is slow as hell.
Thanks

No, eSATA won't work that way.

How slow is slow? If you're connected via WiFi and Ethernet, sometimes the wifi connection will take priority. If your transfers are <20MB/sec or so, disable wifi on both computers.

 

[Essence_of_War]

1Gbps Ethernet is slow as hell.
Thanks

I feel like you've made a few threads like this, so maybe it would be good to point out a general rule: you can't just connect computers via interfaces that they both share. Whatever method by which you connect them needs to support some sort of networking protocols. SATA does not do this, and neither will eSATA, and neither will USB (although in theory USB 3.1 can support thunderbolt which CAN, but I don't know of anyone who's implemented that yet). Ethernet, FireWire, Fibre Channel, Infiniband, and Thunderbolt are all capable of connecting computers directly.

 

[azazel1024]

Do they both run Windows 8 or later? Have more than one NIC in there? Hook them all up. Windows 8 and later use SMB multichannel so it'll thread the TCP/IP sessions so you can get 2, 3, 4, etc. Gbps. Limit is the number of NICs you have as well as your drive performance. You can do direct connection or through your switch. I have my server and desktop running Win8.1 with a pair of Intel NICs in each. I get 235MB/sec between the machines all day long.