Comment on Qestions about eSATA vs USB3.0 for a drive enclosure connected to Proxmox
AlphaAutist@lemmy.world 1 year agoUnfortunately the drives in the enclosure are 3.5. I do have a spare SATA spot in each of the 7040s but you can only fit 1 SATA drive in the 3040s and no m2 drives. That’s why I am trying to decide whether it would be better to sacrifice a SATA port on one of the 7040s for (hopefully) better speeds and stability or use USB and put an extra drive in each of the 7040s
doitforthelolz@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I would put an extra drive in each of the 7040s regardless of whether you go with the eSATA adapter cable or USB. As you said this is for a learning experience I would try the adapter, worse case scenario you are out 5 bucks and have to use USB until you get a more permanent solution.