eSata Card

[Falcon Speed]

Currently, I have one of these hooked to my motherboard:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16812816068

It uses eSata cable to sata ports. I am not quite sure if this would be considered as an eSata card.

So, here is my question, Would this be considered as a Sata connection or eSata Connection. I know that SATA is faster than eSata.

JDC, i carefully looked at the link that you provided the other day. And now, I understand why you recommended that case with the dual-top external sata ports. That is pretty cool.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811133182

BTW... before you pull out the hard drive during the hotswap stage, does Windows send a command to tell the case to cut the power to the hard drive? I have always wonder if it is safe to abruptly disconnect the power to the hard drive when it is running. Would this abruption cause any damage to the spinning head? I have been doing it for years now with the eSata setup and have not had one fail drive yet. The only time was when I plugged the hard drive back in wrong with the molex. That is just stupid human error.