# Connecting eSATA Drives Directly to an Ethernet Hub

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 17, 2008, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/connecting-esata-drives-directly-to-an-ethernet-hub/460336 "2008-08-17T23:46:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Walter.P.Higgens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d9b06d/32.png) [@Walter.P.Higgens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walter.P.Higgens)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2008, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/connecting-esata-drives-directly-to-an-ethernet-hub/460336/1 "2008-08-17T23:46:13Z")

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I have seven drives with USB and eSATA ports. Currently, I’m connecting them to my network using a USB hub, but I assume they’d be much faster if they were connected via ESATA directly to the ethernet hub. Is there such a thing as an eSATA-to-ethernet hub?

I’ve tried Google, but it doesn’t seem to deliver relevant links.

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2008, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/connecting-esata-drives-directly-to-an-ethernet-hub/460336/2 "2008-08-17T23:49:06Z")

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There is. It’s called a _file server_

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**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2008, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/connecting-esata-drives-directly-to-an-ethernet-hub/460336/3 "2008-08-18T03:41:00Z")

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[Network-attached storage](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network-attached_storage), actually.