Announced on Monday at the NAB expo, the SeriTek/SpyderHUB is a small 4-ounce storage hub for FireWire and eSATA drives. Based on its spec sheet, the device will provide a wide range of ...

Put side by side with eSATA and FireWire 800, USB 3.0 is far superior. eSATA, an external connection that runs at the same speed as the internal SATA 1.0 bus, has a maximum theoretical of 3Gbps.

We tested the drive with each available port—FireWire 800, FireWire 400, USB 2, and eSATA. We copied a folder containing 1GB of data from our Mac’s hard drive to the external hard drive to ...

The sole exception was the WiebeTech ToughTech XE Mini, with its unpowered combination USB 2.0/eSATA port. But even the Wiebe­Tech didn’t need an AC adapter when attached via FireWire 400 or 800.

Although the eSATA port is faster than the FireWire 800, to use eSATA you must shell out for an expansion card. Edge Tech neither includes an eSATA card nor sells one separately.

The Akitio Super S3 is equipped with an array of connection ports including eSATA, USB 3.0, and 2 x FireWire 800, but unfortunately, it doesn’t include a Thunderbolt port.

The Thunder Dock is a hub that takes the throughput of Thunderbolt and switches it, giving an additional two USB 3.0 ports, two eSATA 6Gb/s ports, and a single bus powered Firewire 800 port.

The Fusion Pro eSATA ports are based on SiI 3132 and support ... The Award Winning NitroAV 8-Port (FireWire 800) 1394b Hub. NitroAV 2 Independent Channel (FireWire 800) 1394b PCI Express HBA.

Only available for the 27-inch iMac (not the 21.5-inch version), the eSATA fit basically involves OWC carving out a slot in the lower edge of your new all-in-one and screwing in a port.

The card slips into a PCIe x4 slot and adds two external FireWire 800 ports and one internal FireWire 800 port. The host card also has an optional internal power connector to offer power over the ...

I just built myself a new PC based on the ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe which came with an eSATA port that specifically states it's 3.0Gb/s and that it "supports hot-plug functions".<br><br>So, since I ...