From: Joshua D. Drake <jd@commandprompt.com>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Cc: mark@mark.mielke.cc, Andreas Kostyrka <andreas@kostyrka.org>
Cc: jason@ohloh.net <jason@ohloh.net>
Cc: Geoff Tolley <geoff@polimetrix.com>
Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: SCSI vs SATA
Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2007 13:32:09 -0700
Message-ID: <46140B49.3060205@commandprompt.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200704042027.l34KRMI03358@momjian.us>
References: <200704042027.l34KRMI03358@momjian.us>
Bruce Momjian wrote:
> mark@mark.mielke.cc wrote:
>> On Wed, Apr 04, 2007 at 08:50:44AM -0700, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
>>>> difference. OTOH, the SCSI discs were way less reliable than the SATA
>>>> discs, that might have been bad luck.
>>> Probably bad luck. I find that SCSI is very reliable, but I don't find
>>> it any more reliable than SATA. That is assuming correct ventilation etc...
>> Perhaps a basic question - but why does the interface matter? :-)
>>
>> I find the subject interesting to read about - but I am having trouble
>> understanding why SATAII is technically superior or inferior to SCSI as
>> an interface, in any place that counts.
>
> You should probably read this to learn the difference between desktop
> and enterprise-level drives:
>
> http://www.seagate.com/content/docs/pdf/whitepaper/D2c_More_than_Interface_ATA_vs_SCSI_042003.pdf
Problem is :), you can purchase SATA Enterprise Drives.
Joshua D. Drake
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