[ILUG] Mandrake 10

[Paul Jakma]

On Tue, 27 Apr 2004, Rick Moen wrote:

> The problem is endemic to _ATA_, not specifically to SATA; the
> author's point (in part) was that SATA (in his words) "amplifies"
> the syndrome, for reasons he lists.
> 
> You might, in fact, want to read the article.  

I did, and it's about ATA. S-ATA is not ATA.
 
> For starters:  Hotfix areas, spindle speeds, MTBF/durability,
> QC/defect rates, stable and orderly standards, expandability
> without cheesy design compromises, high-quality software support.

For ATA, yes, that's been what the market wanted.
 
> "reasons why" noted above).  But I don't buy underdesigned crud
> when I can reasonably avoid underdesigned crud.

S-ATA as an interface is vastly superior to ATA, and the market will 
hopefully take note, indeed it already has i suspect, and we'll see 
(indeed we already do see) S-ATA drives targeted at "enterprise" 
market. Both Maxtor and WD already have, indeed if you look at WD's 
"Legacy Products" page:

	http://www.wdc.com/en/products/legacy/

You'll note there is a blanket entry for "SCSI Hard Drives". Also, 
intel have released the AHCI spec for S-ATA host controller, which 
Jeff Garzik praised highly on linux-kernel the other day, so..

> Your mileage obviously differs.  Enjoy!

My mileage has been done on SCSI.

regards,
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