Introduction:

External hard drive enclosures currently offer consumers a very inexpensive method of transporting important data from one location to another. One of the unique aspects of the technology is the low cost factor and cross platform compatibility between different platforms. Most of these enclosures use USB 2.0 as the means of transfer, while some do employ SATA connectivity. The advantage of SATA over USB is transfer speed, but the drawback is the difficulty in gaining access to the SATA headers on the motherboard or rear ports on the back of the computer. One company attempting to alleviate this headache is the VIZO Technology Corp with its new Master Panel high-speed interface. Today in the MTB Labs, we will be evaluating the new MTP-101 Master Panel, a product designed to relocate IDE and SATA ports to the front of the computer.

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