From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 14 16:29:15 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C314316A403 for ; Thu, 14 Sep 2006 16:29:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Received: from betty.computinginnovations.com (dsl081-142-072.chi1.dsl.speakeasy.net [64.81.142.72]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 23D2843DA3 for ; Thu, 14 Sep 2006 16:29:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Received: from p28.computinginnovations.com (2.chicago.erensfamily.com [64.81.227.169] (may be forged)) (authenticated bits=0) by betty.computinginnovations.com (8.13.6/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k8EGSanD094884; Thu, 14 Sep 2006 11:28:37 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <6.0.0.22.2.20060914112701.021d2058@mail.computinginnovations.com> X-Sender: derek@mail.computinginnovations.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.0.0.22 Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 11:28:26 -0500 To: Bill Moran , Frank Bonnet From: Derek Ragona In-Reply-To: <20060914114608.e130c6a0.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> References: <45096C88.4030203@esiee.fr> <20060914111843.91BC.GERARD@seibercom.net> <4509768C.5030602@esiee.fr> <20060914114608.e130c6a0.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner-From: derek@computinginnovations.com X-Spam-Status: No Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SCSI vs. SATA (was Re: Upgrading our mail server) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 16:29:15 -0000 SATA is still quite limited. To go beyond those limits use SAS, but SAS costs even more than SCSI and is brand new technology. -Derek At 10:46 AM 9/14/2006, Bill Moran wrote: >In response to Frank Bonnet : > > > Gerard Seibert wrote: > > > Frank Bonnet wrote: > > > > > > [...] > > >> I need SCSI Disks of course , budget is around 10K$ > > > > > > Why the insistence on SCSI? Is there any reason that SATA or RAID with > > > SATA is not acceptable? Just curious. > > > > Because I want it > >Has anyone every verified whether or not SATA has the problems that plagued >ATA? Such as crappy quality and lying caches? > >Personally, I still demand SCSI on production servers because it still >seems as if: >a) The performance is still better >b) The reliability is still better > >But I haven't taken a comprehensive look at the SATA offerings. It also >seems as if SATA is more limiting. Most SCSI cards can support 16 >devices, does SATA have similar offerings? I know it's not common, but >if you need that many spindles, you need them! > >-- >Bill Moran >Collaborative Fusion Inc. >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >-- >This message has been scanned for viruses and >dangerous content by MailScanner, and is >believed to be clean. >MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support.