Dale wrote: > Dan Farrell wrote: >> On Tue, 20 Nov 2007 16:09:38 -0600 >> Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >>> Dan Farrell wrote: >>> >>>> On Tue, 20 Nov 2007 06:12:17 -0600 >>>> Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>> Hmmm, the last time I looked for a SATA controller it was expensive. >>> I guess the price came down a lot since I looked last. I assume it >>> would be faster than my IDE drives too? That would be nice. >>> >>> Thanks again, >>> >>> Dale >>> >>> :-) :-) >>> >> >> If you get a newer model, it will be faster. From my tests, the >> difference between SATA and IDE is not very large if its the same hard >> drive model. In other words, I think newer drives are going to go >> faster than older drives regardless of the bus arch. >> >> nevertheless I went with sata myself, even though I had to buy a card, >> because I wanted to start going in that direction. I want that drive >> to be around a while and at the speed technology goes, i think SATA is >> a good way to make sure I'll still be able to talk to it when the >> warranty expires. >> > > One reason I want to get a SATA is that I plan to build a new box to > replace this one. It will have SATA so why buy a drive now then have > to buy another one a while later. > > Thanks > > Dale > > :-) :-) :-)
This is the results of the test on all three drives currently on this rig: [EMAIL PROTECTED] / # smartctl /dev/hda -l selftest smartctl version 5.37 [i686-pc-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-6 Bruce Allen Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/ === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION === SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1 Num Test_Description Status Remaining LifeTime(hours) LBA_of_first_error # 1 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 23702 - [EMAIL PROTECTED] / # smartctl /dev/hdb -l selftest smartctl version 5.37 [i686-pc-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-6 Bruce Allen Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/ === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION === SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1 Num Test_Description Status Remaining LifeTime(hours) LBA_of_first_error # 1 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 629 - [EMAIL PROTECTED] / # smartctl /dev/hdd -l selftest smartctl version 5.37 [i686-pc-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-6 Bruce Allen Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/ === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION === SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1 Num Test_Description Status Remaining LifeTime(hours) LBA_of_first_error # 1 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 3965 - # 2 Short offline Completed without error 00% 3965 - [EMAIL PROTECTED] / # Looks like no errors so should I be worried about replacing the drive at all? Thanks Dale :-) :-) :-)
