A combo port that connects to external SATA (eSATA) drives and USB devices with cables up to two meters long. The eSATA USB Hybrid Port (EUHP) also eliminates the external power cable by supplying ...

while the Desk adapter for 3.5” drives will set you back a hefty $190. Look for Seagate’s Thunderbolt Adapter in the first quarter of 2012. About the size of a small RAID box, LaCie’s “Thunderbolt Hub ...

A hard drive or solid state drive (SSD) that resides outside the computer's case, typically connecting via USB or eSATA. A USB flash drive is also external storage. See portable drive and USB drive.

NDAS technology also enables seamless switching between connection modes; a drive mounted via an eSATA cable can be switched to a network connection without any changes to the disk's file system.