MLUG: RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] IDE and SCSI etc
RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] IDE and SCSI etc
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On Mon, 2 Feb 2004, Ryan Thornton wrote:

> New SATA drives come very close to SCSI performance at a cheaper price.
> 
> http://www.storagereview.com/articles/200311/20031111WD740GD_1.html
> 
> It's still not a solution for servers but for single user desktops it's got
> merit.

If you don't expect multiple I/O threads going to multiple disks on the
same bus, SATA works quite well (e.g., desktop server root drive).
That's why many of the new "near-line" storage boxes are moving to SATA
drives with FC to SATA bridge chips.

-- 
--dlloyd

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