Chuck Robey wrote:
I don't know why it's true... I can state that I've had 3 of them so far, and had troubles with 2, and google is chock full of reports. Further, the info about them being the same as their IDE brethren isn't true, at least, the access rate specifications are higher for SATA drives, in general, as compared to IDE. Least they were the last time I checked, maybe it's changed inthe last 6 months.
OTOH, when I first bought mine, I was comparing in my mind with SCSI, not IDE, maybe they *do* compare equally with IDE, is IDE that bad? Certainly, SATA is less reliable thant he scsi drives.
Deskstar T7K250
Highlights Capacity - 250GB and 160GB
Rotational Speed - 7200 RPM
*** Interface standard - SATA II 3.0Gb/s (Serial) and ATA Ultra 133 (Parallel)
ATA-7 streaming feature set
Average seek time - 8.5 ms
Same drive, different interface. This has been the case as long as I've been checking out specs. If your drives are that bad, try another manufacturer. Are IDE drives more unreliable? They cost significantly less, spin at lower speeds are are and are a mass-market item. Some of the cost difference is interface complexity, the rest, I'm sure, is that SCSIs tend to manufactured to higher tolerances. Ask owners of an IBM Deskstar 75 how reliable an IDE drive is :-) (Then duck).
--Alex
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