> > I observe that there are no disk vendors supplying SATA disks > with speed > 7,200 rpm. It is no wonder that a 10k rpm disk > outperforms a 7,200 rpm disk for random workloads. I'll attribute > this to intentional market segmentation by the industry rather than > a deficiency in the transfer protocol (SATA). >
I don't really need more performance that what's needed to saturate a gig link (4 sata disks?) So, performance aside, does SAS have other benefits ? Data integrity ? How would a 8 raid1 sata compare vs another 8 smaller SAS disks in raidz(2) ?
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