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How do you connect multiple eSATA external devices to one port?

I have a Verizon FIOS DVR box.  I have 2 Western Digital DVR expanders; they look just like WD external Hard Drives (MyBook).  They connect through the eSATA port on the DVR, but there is only one port.  Is there a device to connect two or more eSATA devices to the one port ?

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Hmmm  - I guess it was only the WD MyBook World drives that let you daisychain another external drive via USB, but the MyBook World drives didn't have eSATA ports. Those are considered 'legacy' now, and their replacement -- the MyBook Live -- do not appear to have USB ports at all.  :-|

There are standalone RAID enclosures that connect via eSATA and take 4 or 5 hard drives to fill up, but those wouldn't allow you to connect your 2 DVR expanders.
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