HP 8730w RAID User Guide - Windows Vista and Windows XP - Page 11
eSATA HDDs (select models only), HP Business Notebook PCs
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eSATA HDDs (select models only) External SATA, or eSATA, is an external interface that allows a SATA drive to achieve data transfer speeds up to 6 times that of a SATA drive using a standard USB 2.0 interface. The following illustration shows a supported notebook PC with a primary HDD (1) and an eSATA drive (2) connected to the eSATA port (select models only) to allow RAID IRRT. Regarding the capacity of the eSATA drive, the same recommendations apply as stated for secondary drives in the notebook PC Upgrade Bay. HP Business Notebook PCs Select HP Business Notebook PCs support RAID using Intel® Matrix Storage Manager software (v8.0.2 and higher) and a secondary SATA drive in the Upgrade Bay. The following illustration shows a supported notebook PC with the primary HDD (1) and a secondary SATA drive in the Upgrade Bay (2) that allow RAID 0, RAID 1, and IRRT. Devices supported 7