esata hot swappability?

[excalibur3]

I am about to buy an external case for a hard drive that has an esata port. I run os x and I am curious if I can hot swap esata external drives.

 

[Zepper]

most recent SATA ports support hot-swappability but I don't know how to be 100% sure w/o asking your hardware mfr. - and depending on the quality of the person you get on the phone, you may still not be sure...

.bh.

 

[Blain]

I'm using a Kingwin KF-1000-BK hot swap rack. I love it! :laugh:
No drive trays to mess with, just pull a drive out and slap in another.

 

[Zepper]

And true eSATA also requires support for higher signal current to allow longer cables and there is a different connector with better shielding. Very few mobos support true eSATA yet, they just allow you to connect regular SATA exernally.

..bh.

 

[excalibur3]

Even if it isn't true esata, will it be faster than firewire? I basically want something that is faster than usb and i can't find any 2.5" drives that support firewire and are still under $70.

 

[Zepper]

2.5" drives are still too small for my backups.

.bh.

 

[excalibur3]

That is very true, but I have 2 80gb 2.5" drives sitting around so why not use them?