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From: Z Man on 1 Mar 2006 10:48 I have an HP Pavilion 1090n computer with ASUS PTGD1-LA motherboard. This system supports SATA and I am adding a couple of external SATA hard drives in Vantec Nexstar cases. I will probably purchase Hitachi 7K500 drives, which support 3G. Question: does 3G SATA support have to be provided on the system (motherboard or card), or just on the drives? Will I be limited to 1.5G performance even though I am using 3G drives? Does anyone know if this motherboard supports 3G? If the answers are all negative, I could either settle for 1.5G performance, or add a 3G card. This would mean removing the modem (which I never use anyhow) to free up a slot, which I would consider. Thanks.
From: Folkert Rienstra on 1 Mar 2006 16:07 3 Gb SATA is for external raid cabinets. 3 Gb SATA does nothing for a single harddrive except for very special applications that take advantage of the onboard cache. "Z Man" <z1z(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:unjNf.1762$%a2.872(a)trndny05 > I have an HP Pavilion 1090n computer with ASUS PTGD1-LA motherboard. This > system supports SATA and I am adding a couple of external SATA hard drives > in Vantec Nexstar cases. I will probably purchase Hitachi 7K500 drives, > which support 3G. Question: does 3G SATA support have to be provided on the > system (motherboard or card), or just on the drives? Will I be limited to > 1.5G performance even though I am using 3G drives? Does anyone know if this > motherboard supports 3G? If the answers are all negative, I could either > settle for 1.5G performance, or add a 3G card. This would mean removing the > modem (which I never use anyhow) to free up a slot, which I would consider. > Thanks.
From: Odie Ferrous on 1 Mar 2006 17:29 Folkert Rienstra wrote: > > 3 Gb SATA is for external raid cabinets. Is that *your* opinion, or is that fact? What's so special about an "external" raid cabinet? Are you telling us that 3GB SATA precludes the use of drives installed within the computer itself? > 3 Gb SATA does nothing for a single harddrive except for very > special applications that take advantage of the onboard cache. I'd be inclined to go a step further and say that 3GB SATA is a waste of space for practically everything. Odie -- Retrodata www.retrodata.co.uk Globally Local Data Recovery Experts ......oops - I know how much you like my sig. Here it is again. -- Retrodata www.retrodata.co.uk Globally Local Data Recovery Experts
From: Harkhof on 1 Mar 2006 19:47 "Odie Ferrous" <Odie_ferrous(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:4406204E.3EC7D8FE(a)hotmail.com... > Folkert Rienstra wrote: >> >> 3 Gb SATA is for external raid cabinets. > > Is that *your* opinion, or is that fact? What's so special about an > "external" raid cabinet? Are you telling us that 3GB SATA precludes the > use of drives installed within the computer itself? > > >> 3 Gb SATA does nothing for a single harddrive except for very >> special applications that take advantage of the onboard cache. > > I'd be inclined to go a step further and say that 3GB SATA is a waste of > space for practically everything. > So what does this mean? I just bought 2 Seagate 250gb 3GBs. Right now I'm using them as data and storage drives, but was considering getting another for a boot drive (all previous drives are ATA). Am i wasting my time on 3GB? Are they slower than 1.5? What's the reality here? Thanks, Hark > Odie > -- > Retrodata > www.retrodata.co.uk > Globally Local Data Recovery Experts > > .....oops - I know how much you like my sig. Here it is again. > > -- > Retrodata > www.retrodata.co.uk > Globally Local Data Recovery Experts
From: Arno Wagner on 1 Mar 2006 22:42
Previously Odie Ferrous <Odie_ferrous(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > Folkert Rienstra wrote: >> >> 3 Gb SATA is for external raid cabinets. > Is that *your* opinion, or is that fact? What's so special about an > "external" raid cabinet? Are you telling us that 3GB SATA precludes the > use of drives installed within the computer itself? Maybe the bots need to go faster with the external cabinet, since the cable is longer and the Einstein Podolski Posenberg effect comes into play if the cabinet is spinning fast enough? >> 3 Gb SATA does nothing for a single harddrive except for very >> special applications that take advantage of the onboard cache. > I'd be inclined to go a step further and say that 3GB SATA is a > waste of space for practically everything. I have to disagree. 3Gb SATA is exactly the same size as 1.5Gb SATA! So how can it be a waste of space if it does not waste any space compared to the alternatove? (Sorry, could not resist. Seriously, besides marketing I don't see a reason for it either.) Arno |