Re: [Sheflug] RAID Cards

[Marcus Hanwell <linux [at] xxxxxxxxx>]

Darrell Blake wrote:

> > And we quickly worked out the the connectors are rubbish and fall 
> out really easily when I was working at The Overclocking Store.
>
> For SATA? I may just got for standard ATA then. The RPM rate is the 
> same(7200) but they data transfer rate on SATA is 150 rather than 133. 
> Do you reckon it would make that much difference? SATA is supposed to 
> be like shit off a stick but it doesn't seem that much faster to me. 
> If only I had the money to buy a SCSI 3 card and drive...
I know when I was looking at building a PC for a friend just before Xmas 
I reviewed the performance advantages of 7,200 rpm PATA and SATA. They 
are basically the same drives with a different controller, and nothing 
was gained by going for the SATA unless you wanted to pay for a 10,000 
rpm drive (which I intend to shortly for my new system). I think if you 
are going for a 7,200 rpm drive then there is very little performance 
increase.
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