From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 25 23:36:35 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 4DCAA16A8AE for ; Thu, 25 May 2006 23:35:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chad@shire.net) Received: from hobbiton.shire.net (mail.shire.net [166.70.252.250]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0328643D4C for ; Thu, 25 May 2006 23:35:39 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chad@shire.net) Received: from [67.171.127.191] (helo=[192.168.99.68]) by hobbiton.shire.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.51) id 1FjPMh-000FXt-4X for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 25 May 2006 17:35:39 -0600 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v750) In-Reply-To: References: <1147255200.4461b9a0a5e71@196.22.132.16> <44621529.7050804@netfence.it> <20060511104517.GA11619@storage.mine.nu> <1147344670.4463171eb5364@196.22.132.16> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <0E6E4139-E567-4A85-BDA6-7D73FE0668F6@shire.net> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 17:35:38 -0600 To: FreeBSD Questions Mailing List X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.750) X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 67.171.127.191 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: chad@shire.net X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on hobbiton.shire.net); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Subject: Re: OT: Torn between SCSI and SATA for RAID 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, 25 May 2006 23:36:42 -0000 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