Recommended hot-plug eSATA PCI cards?

[peter.petrakis-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org (Peter Petrakis)]

eSATA is hotpluggable by design. It's not card that's the problem,
it's the driver and/or the userspace tools which manage the mounting.
Is it not showing up after you plug it in? If so try doing a scsi bus scan.

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/wikis/display/linuxp/scsi+-+hot+add,+remove,+rescan+of+scsi+devices

or more to the point,
echo "- - -" > /sys/class/scsi_host/hostX/scan

where X is the host representing your esata controller.

Peter


On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 8:19 AM, Scott Ehrlich <srehrlich-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> I have a mix of older and newer PCs, some of which only have PCI
> cards, but most which run Linux that need a PCI card that support
> hot-plugging of an external eSATA-capable USB drive.
>
> I've seen models from Adaptec, Addonics, Promise, among others.
> Which models do you use and what would you recommend?
>
> I only need the ability to back up and transfer data quickly, but with
> the added benefit of adding/removing the drive whenever I want.
>
> I currently have a non hot-plug eSATA card, but I need to reboot the
> machine whenever the external drive as been disconnected for it to be
> seen again.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Scott
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