> Apparently, the distinction made between "consumer" and "enterprise" is > actually between technology classes, i.e. SCSI/Fibre Channel vs. SATA, > rather than between manufacturers' gradings, e.g. Seagate 7200 desktop > series vs. Western Digital RE3/RE4 enterprise drives.
yes this is very misleading. the interface doesn't make a drive enterprise or consumer grade. it seems that the terminology was different then. - erik