From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 11 10:51:30 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 D930E16A409 for ; Thu, 11 May 2006 10:51:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cknipe@savage.za.org) Received: from www16b.your-server.co.za (www16b.your-server.co.za [196.22.132.16]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F7FA43D7B for ; Thu, 11 May 2006 10:51:16 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cknipe@savage.za.org) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (helo=localhost) by www16b.your-server.co.za with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1Fe8lC-0001XM-Sd for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 11 May 2006 12:51:13 +0200 Received: from 196-207-40-213.gprs.vodacom.co.za (196-207-40-213.gprs.vodacom.co.za [196.207.40.213]) by default.your-server.co.za (IMP) with HTTP for ; Thu, 11 May 2006 12:51:10 +0200 Message-ID: <1147344670.4463171eb5364@196.22.132.16> Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 12:51:10 +0200 From: cknipe@savage.za.org To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <1147255200.4461b9a0a5e71@196.22.132.16> <44621529.7050804@netfence.it> <20060511104517.GA11619@storage.mine.nu> In-Reply-To: <20060511104517.GA11619@storage.mine.nu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) 3.2.5 X-Originating-IP: 196.207.40.213 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, 11 May 2006 10:51:30 -0000 Quoting lars : > I recently read an interesting comparison > on consumer and enterprise grade harddisks: > http://www.seagate.com/content/docs/pdf/whitepaper/D2c_More_than_Interface_ATA_vs_SCSI_042003.pdf This was posted yesterday in responce to my question as well. That document deals mainly with the performance and reliability of the different types of hard drives (i.e. SATA vs SCSI). My questions that I'm posting is not really related towards the performance of the system, it's more towards the capacity of the system... I guess it boils down to the physical hardware... How does everything connect, how to expand systems, and how to run arrays bigger than what one single controller can provide... -- C