Gabriel, >>> 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 ;-). > I feel less betrayed now. > Regards, > Gabriel > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current_at_freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-current-unsubscribe_at_freebsd.org"Received on Wed Oct 01 2003 - 05:55:37 UTC
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