T400S full SSD speed for secondary drives (eSATA, ultrabay, dock)?

Does the T400s delivier the full speed of SSDs (SATA-II 3 Gbps, ex: 220MB/Sec seq transfer of the X25-M) when the SSD is used
- in ultrabay
- on eSATA port
- on eSATA port of the Mini Dock (Plus Series 3)
The T400 seems to deliver the full speed of SSDs when used as primary drive:
http://forums.lenovo.com/lnv/board/message?board.id=T400_series_ThinkPads&message.id=12616

Many thanks for your responses.  In the meantime I have purchased Vertex 2 Sata II drive and the installation has gone perfectly.  This new drive is giving me a far better experience - first noticed in the speed of installing my software: Office, VS2010, SQL 2008R2 etc.  Blindingly fast!
As for alignment - the previous installation was checked and was aligned.  In fact I have read that Win 7 will automatically align when installed to an SSD.
My hope is that this newer version of SSD with the Sandforce controller will not degrade as the original one did.  The difference in performance from new to 18 months of use was quite significant!
Cheers and thanks again,
David E (Sydney)

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