On Friday 19 December 2003 10:39 pm, Guy Rouillier wrote: > Tom Brinkman wrote: > > No, I don't intend to use SATA either. By the time I move > > from ATA/133 (which is just as fast), it'll probly be to PCI > > Express. For my reasons, search the archive for this list, > > Google or the lkml. I think you'll find that SATA sux. Driver > > support in the kernel is just one of the issues. > > PCI Express is just another backplane bus, like PCI, Microchannel, etc. > It is not a hard disk controller, so you'll still need SCSI, SATA or > PATA. Thanks for the pointers, though, for the resources that describe > Linux's trouble with SATA. I'm currently planning a new system with > dual Opterons. I'm tired of paying through the nose for SCSI, so was > thinking of going SATA RAID with a set of Western Digital Raptor 74 GB. > Does even 2.6 have trouble with SATA? Will hiding it behind a RAID > card change the picture at all? 3Ware has Linux drivers. The features list for 2.6 indicate that SATA is supported. However, that remains to be seen when it is incorporated into a distro and hits the kazillion different hardware configs out here in the world. Linus said it so I believe it, for now. -- Dennis M. linux user #180842
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