Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 17:35:38 -0600 From: "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" <chad@shire.net> To: FreeBSD Questions Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: OT: Torn between SCSI and SATA for RAID Message-ID: <0E6E4139-E567-4A85-BDA6-7D73FE0668F6@shire.net> In-Reply-To: <F5BECDDE-0545-41E6-AEC2-90ABE5A7FF11@sandbox.ca> References: <1147255200.4461b9a0a5e71@196.22.132.16> <df9ac37c0605100912s46bffe8an7c1212c4ca0330e5@mail.gmail.com> <44621529.7050804@netfence.it> <20060511104517.GA11619@storage.mine.nu> <1147344670.4463171eb5364@196.22.132.16> <F5BECDDE-0545-41E6-AEC2-90ABE5A7FF11@sandbox.ca>
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On May 25, 2006, at 5:30 PM, Ian Jefferson wrote: > Hi Chris, > > I have many of the same questions. SATA is plenty fast for home > systems and modern drives are smoking stuff that was enterprise > class just a few years ago. 'twas ever thus. > > Cables are a nightmare IMHO. This was by far the reason I've been > a big fan of SCSI for a long time. You can make a pretty effective > and tidy Raid system by custom making a short length daisy chain > scsi cable. I have not explored this recently but used to do this ~5 > + years ago for non-raid applications. We used to run into device > compatibility problems on the SCSI bus though so same drive mfg > might be a good idea. Perhaps things have improved. I'd rather run 5 SATA cables then one SCSI cable (say 68pin) with multiple heads... The darn SCSI cables are so thick, comparatively, that running them in your case is a lot harder :-) Chad --- Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Your Web App and Email hosting provider chad at shire.net
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