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Re: [ADSM-L] SATA disk?

2007-07-11 14:56:49
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] SATA disk?
From: "Allen S. Rout" <asr AT UFL DOT EDU>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 14:55:01 -0400
>> On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 13:09:31 -0500, Johnny Lea <jlea AT DIS.UMSMED DOT EDU> 
>> said:


> I thinking the speed (7200 RPM) may be a problem.


Good cache obviates that.  SATA is good for serial workloads, so if
you're sending few (maybe <10) streams to it simultaneously, you
should be good.

It'll suffer faster under heavy random access contention than will
e.g. FC disk.


- Allen S. Rout

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