Hi Soren Schmidt, you wrote. SS> It seems Will Andrews wrote: >> On Tue, Sep 30, 2003 at 10:22:33PM +0200, Soren Schmidt wrote: >> > No what I mean is that the Raptor is a PATA device fitted with a >> > marvell PATA->SATA converter "on board", its not a "pure" SATA >> > design, but just the old stuff they used to make with the marvell >> > chip kludged on the back :) >> > >> > The power connector is uninteresting in this context. >> >> Interesting, since no one's made any PATA drives that spin at >> 10,000 RPM as far as I know. For some reason I thought the >> interface change allowed for this (but couldn't come up with a >> good reason why it would make a difference). :)
SS> Hmm, PR? pricing? I guess its easier to make people shell out $$ SS> for a pretty expensive 36G drive if you add SATA to the mix of features :) Actually, that drive is more like a SCSI drive with SATA connectors. FWIW, it's still cheaper than a SCSI drive with the same specs and it got 5 years warranty so I hope it is actually built better than the desktop crap we see dying like the flies here (hint: massive airstream over the disks helps a lot, cooler disks live much longer, so if you can accept the noise, get some badass 12CM fan to cool them ;-). Regards, Gabriel _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
