From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264426AbTLBX3d (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Dec 2003 18:29:33 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264439AbTLBX3d (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Dec 2003 18:29:33 -0500 Received: from tmr-02.dsl.thebiz.net ([216.238.38.204]:60424 "EHLO gatekeeper.tmr.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264426AbTLBX3c (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Dec 2003 18:29:32 -0500 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Path: gatekeeper.tmr.com!davidsen From: davidsen@tmr.com (bill davidsen) Newsgroups: mail.linux-kernel Subject: Re: libata in 2.4.24? Date: 2 Dec 2003 23:18:24 GMT Organization: TMR Associates, Schenectady NY Message-ID: References: <3FCB8312.3050703@rackable.com> <877k1f9e1g.fsf@stark.dyndns.tv> <20031202230216.GB4154@mis-mike-wstn.matchmail.com> X-Trace: gatekeeper.tmr.com 1070407104 14425 192.168.12.62 (2 Dec 2003 23:18:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@tmr.com Originator: davidsen@gatekeeper.tmr.com Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In article <20031202230216.GB4154@mis-mike-wstn.matchmail.com>, Mike Fedyk wrote: | On Tue, Dec 02, 2003 at 10:34:20PM +0000, Bill Davidsen wrote: | > after each O_SYNC write, so that's probably not practical. Clearly the | > best solution is a full SCSI implementation over PATA/SATA, but that | > would eliminate some of the justification for SCSI devices at premium | > prices. | | In many ways, that is exactly what SATA is. :) 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. I believe SATA-2 will address this, if I may believe what's projected for an unwritten standard. -- bill davidsen CTO, TMR Associates, Inc Doing interesting things with little computers since 1979.