On Jun 27, 2011, at 4:14 PM, Alan Stern wrote: > On Mon, 27 Jun 2011, M. Steven Ginn wrote: > >>>> Is there any point in trying to determine this if it's an Addonics firmware issue? >>> >>> Of course there is. If you can still use the device in spite of the >>> bad firmware, you'll be in good shape. >> >> ok that would be nice ∑ the concept seems very attractive ∑ increase throughput from esata II to USB 3.0 5gps > > Will you really see a speed increase? Isn't the connection between the > Addonics unit and the drive a regular eSATA connection? If it is, it > will continue to limit the throughput. > maybe not for a single drive at 3gs (assuming Sata II) transfer rate, but if you have two (or more) drives transferring back and forth, shouldn't the additional throughput back to the processor provide additional bandwidth? That's the premise anyway ... >> here is a link to their website talking about the use of a different kind of USB port called esata USB Hybrid (EUHP) that is being used in the Addonics device. Any chance the implementation of power on the esata side could be causing the issues? > > Missing link. sorry http://www.addonics.com/emerging_technologies/euhp.asp here is a link to the device I am trying to connect as well: http://www.addonics.com/products/io/adu3esa.asp > > Alan Stern > Steve sginn@xxxxxxx
