ESATA adaptor for MacPro 3.2 Quad-Core?

I have a Quad-Core Mac Pro tower with only Firewire 800/400 ports.  How can I increase my connectivity?  Is there an eSATA adaptor that I can add to my computer?  I work with FCP 7.0.3 and it's too slow with an HD project with Firewire 800.  How do I improve it?
Thanks!

You should be  able to add an eSATA card to your Mac Pro.  I did for mine.  OWC hasa a bunch.  Follow this OWC link for a sampling of the kinds of cards that could be used.
Note, be aware that not all cards will fully work with all external enclosures due to the interactions of their drivers and the enclosure electronics.  For example, I had a card that wouldn't remount the drive in my enclosure if I previously unmounted it.  Only reboot would allow a remount.  But I got a different card that solved that problem.
Depending on which model and year your mac pro is there is the possibility of using a cable plugged (internally) directly into your machine.  See this link.

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