Hot Swap bay VS E-SATA port (for backups)

[Skyward_Twilight23]

Hello everyone. I am building a computer and currently looking at the Thermaltake Chaser MKI as my case. The thing is, it has a hot swap bay. I don't know a lot on the subject, so could someone give like a "hot swap 101"? Also, would I be able to do daily or weekly backups to an external HDD using the hot swap bay? Or would it be better if I just used the E-SATA port that this case also has?
Here is newegg's review on the case if you need any more perspective on what I'm talkiing about:
https://www.google.com.br/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwi8mpew2pvNAhUCKyYKHZWiA6EQtwIIJTAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DQ3tQuJ_XlLw&usg=AFQjCNHQXiDs41nj1kMui1UPPOVE8pPd-A&sig2=rU4v98TTngnENruLD8pCLg

Thanks in advance!

 

[andy_Man]

I would personally go with the hot swap bay. Finding a good enclosure/drive that uses e-sata might be tough. Using the bay cuts out the middle man basically.
Sata is hot swappable but I don't know how much I trust it. I recommend powering down the pc if possible before removing the hot swap drive. Also make sure it's in ahci mode not ide.

 

[Skyward_Twilight23]

I would personally go with the hot swap bay. Finding a good enclosure/drive that uses e-sata might be tough. Using the bay cuts out the middle man basically.
Sata is hot swappable but I don't know how much I trust it. I recommend powering down the pc if possible before removing the hot swap drive. Also make sure it's in ahci mode not ide.

Thanks! But what are ahci and ide modes?

 

[andy_Man]

When you install a hard drive, in the bios you can set which controller protocol. AHCI is newer and supports hot swapping and other features.

 

[Skyward_Twilight23]

When you install a hard drive, in the bios you can set which controller protocol. AHCI is newer and supports hot swapping and other features.

Great! Thanks again!

 

[ThatVietGuy]

I have the older generation of that case and I only use the dock at the top. The e-SATA port has been completely useless and unneeded.