Re: libata in 2.4.24?

Jeff Garzik
2003-12-03T00:02:09Z

bill davidsen wrote:
> Until multiple devices be string are available SATA will have logistical
> problems scaling. The small cable is an advantage running a few drives
> in a box, but a server with 40 drives or so would go from a cable bundle
> out the back, about 5cm by 1 cm, to a real bunch of those little round
> cables running everywhere. Certainly doable, but I think I'd name the
> server "Medusa" if I built it.

Sorry, SCSI is moving to point-to-point serial attachment (SAS), too :)
While not quite ready to call Parallel SCSI dead, it's definitely
dying...

Jeff