[olug] SATA vs SCSI

Phil Brutsche phil at brutsche.us
Sun Dec 18 18:08:09 UTC 2005


All true, and RAID6 isn't HP-specific.  A number of external storage
arrays support it, as does Linux software RAID and most SAS PCI RAID
controllers.

Craig Wolf wrote:
> On that same note, HP was in here the other day and said basically the
> same thing.  SCSI for speed and reliability, SATA for Nearline storage
> but with a higher failure rate.  They are pushing their "Raid 6" where 2
> drives can fail without losing the raid AND she says they are hot swap. 

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Phil Brutsche
phil at brutsche.us



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