[PLUG] SATA newbie question.

[Chris Jantzen]

On Wed, Apr 21, 2004 at 01:34:29AM -0700, Jeme A Brelin wrote:
> But the great loss as I see it is the decrease in the number of drives.
> Nearly all of the layouts I've seen have just 2 SATA connectors.  What the
> heck is that?  You can't exactly have a single boot drive AND a RAID array
> for storage in the same system without some extra card shoved in there.
> 
> Is this temporary?  Why aren't they just lining these things up across
> where the IDE interfaces used to be?  You could get like ten of those
> things in that space.

I'd imagine it's temporary. Remember that currently, most SATA drives
(and basically all of the models that we mortals can afford) are just
PATA drives with integrated SATA bridges.

Certainly 3ware's latest RAID controllers take great advantage of the
connector density offering a 12-port model in about the same space as
your video card. They cost an arm and a leg, though.

Remember, when you're mass-producing a mainboard, saving 35 cents is
EVERYTHING. (That's not sarcasm.)

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chris kb7rnl =->
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