From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 22 20:58:01 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F020016A4CE for ; Mon, 22 Nov 2004 20:58:01 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mailhost.wsf.at (server202.serveroffice.com [217.196.72.202]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 44D2543D48 for ; Mon, 22 Nov 2004 20:58:00 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tw@wsf.at) Received: from mailhost.wsf.at (root@localhost)iAMKs86m000674 for ; Mon, 22 Nov 2004 21:54:09 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from tw@wsf.at) Received: from mailhost.wsf.at (http.wsf.at [217.196.72.203]) iAMKs8dn000666; Mon, 22 Nov 2004 21:54:08 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from tw@wsf.at) Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 20:54:08 -0000 To: Stephen Montgomery-Smith , freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org From: Thomas Wolf X-Mailer: twiggi 1.10.3 Message-ID: <20041122215408.gjzs36hxmsoo00@.mailhost.wsf.at> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: List of fake vs. real SATA drives. X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: tw@wsf.at List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 20:58:02 -0000 Stephen Montgomery-Smith schrieb: > FUJISHIMA Satsuki wrote: > > Currently native SATA drives are still not so popular. There are: > > > Seagate Barracuda ATA V, 7200.7, 7200.8 > > I have one of these, and I am really impressed by its performance. I > added one to my computer, which came with a Maxtor 6Y080L0. My main > disk intensive operation is creating the CTM deltas (as in CTM which is > an alternative to CVSUP for people behind unfriendly firewalls). The > performance difference was somewhat collosal, as in something like 3 > times faster. To be honest, I am still at a loss to explain why the > Seagate did so very much better - maybe it is the 8M cache as compared > to the 2M cache. The Seagate 7200.7 had similar performance to a > Seagate 160MHz SCSI drive that I have on another computer. Ah, please tell me more about it, is this a ST3120827AS? (I would need the exact PartNo.) What controller dou you have and finally, on which version of FreeBSD? Many thanks in advance Thomas -- Thomas Wolf Wiener Software Fabrik Dubas u. Wolf GMBH 1050 Wien, Mittersteig 4