[THIN] Re: SATA drives

I donât claim to be a HDD expert, but the MTBF is less on SATA drives, even 
SATAII. They also spec the MTBF for SATA based on 80% duty cycle vs 100% duty 
cycle for SCSI. On the manufacturerâs websites youâll notice that they 
target SATA for consumers and low-end servers that should be accessed less 
frequently, like for archive. 

 

Roger Riggins   
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Why not as reliable?  Specially with SATAII/300 using S.M.A.R.T. ? 

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Roger Riggins 
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If I inherited them then I could find a spot for them as long as there is good 
redundancy and probably lower I/O. They're not as reliable as SCSI or SAS. I 
agree with you, though. I wouldn't put them into a new server that I was 
ordering.

Good luck, 

Roger Riggins   
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Steve Parr 
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How much would people trust SATA drives for their production servers? 
I would tend to stick with SCSI if I had a choice but I have inherited a few 
servers running with SATA drives. 
Just wondering what people have experienced. I feel tho if you are going to 
spend some decent money on a server doesn't make sense to scrimp on the hard 
drives just to save a little $$.

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