[ale] SATA II

[Cox, Danny]

Chris,

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Christopher Fowler
Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 1:21 PM
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Subject: [ale] SATA II

I'm in the process of spec'ing new hardware for our servers.  I'm
looking at using the SATA II capabilities of the new hardware.  Are
there any issues with Linux using SATA II?  I'm looking at the migration
to increase the speed of the drives.  

	See http://linux-ata.org/driver-status.html for Jeff Garzik's
information on SATA drives.  I'd pick one that supports Native Command
Queueing (NCQ), which can really make a difference on fileservers.  I've
also read that the typical desktop user won't see any improvement, so
take your choice!

Daniel S. Cox
Internet Commerce Corporation
6025 The Corners Pkwy Suite 100
Norcross GA 30092
678-533-8014