APIOTEK DUAL eSATA II with RAID Express Card Adapter

As the test results show, eSATA provides a significant performance gain in contrast to USB. APIOTEK’s DUAL eSATA II express card retails around US$62 which is quite reasonable. What you need to consider is this; at present you have a few options such as USB, Firewire or eSATA. The advantage of USB over eSATA is that it does not require a separate power source to power the unit, while eSATA does; but this is true only for 2.5” hard drive enclosures. So if you’re planning to use a 3.5” enclosure eSATA is the way to go, and what better option than APIOTEK’s DUAL eSATA II card. It’s got dual eSATA ports, RAID and conforms to the new express card standard.

There are updated drivers than the ones provided through APIOTEK’s website and driver CD, so you can simply click on this link and get the newest drivers based on your OS.

Overall APIOTEK’ DUAL eSATA II express card is really quite innovative and it’s good to see manufactures taking advantage of this new technology. Since it incorporates RAID as well, users can really make use of the added speeds and redundancy offered. So if portability is not a big concern, eSATA is at present the way to go. It’s as fast as your internal hard drive and you will not see any performance lag you’d experience using a USB external drive. Of course eSATA in its present state won’t replace USB simply due to USB being more portable however we should see newer developments in this standard in the near future.