> > This isn't exactly right. Copied below are replies from FirmTek support about > their SeriTek line of SATA I controllers, which would seem to support SATA II > speeds in almost all circumstances where such speed is available: > > Kris Tilford asked FirmTek Support: > Does Firmtek make a SATA II 3.0 Gbps PCI-X card with 2 internal and 2 > external ports that boots in a G5 PPC PowerMac? > I own a SeriTek/1VE2+2 which is SATA I 1.5 Gbps and have been happy > with it. I'd like to upgrade to SATA II if possible? > >>>> >>>> The bottom line is the card you have will provide SATA II performance. >>>> However, SSC will >>>> need to be disabled. (Which is the case with all new hard disks,) >>>> >>>> The SATA I versus SATA II feature does not allow a HD to go faster because >>>> it is limited to >>>> 60-100MB/sec depending on the HD model. However, it will allow a 4-disk >>>> RAID 0 to >>>> perform faster. > Does disabling the drives mean faster performance? Or am I reading this wrong? I don't want to deal with RAID I want all my Drives single attached Just for laughs I'll do the same CCC on two of the internal drives and another one using USB 2.0 to see what's up with this eSATA stuff. The Seritek 1V4 card is not a waste for me because I needed it for the Jive 5 in the machine and it left 1 port that makes for a handy eSATA port.
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