Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP] wrote:
..well.. a drive in a member server dropped off the raid the other day
and I had to open up a box and replace a SCSI drive.
And quite frankly those SATA connections 'on' the drive feel flimsy
enought to snap off if I'm not careful, or not solid enough that a
Calfornia earthquake would jolt them off.
I think that a latch similar to a CAT5 cable is part of the SATA2 spec.
I have 3 racks full of servers with SATA drives in them. I haven't had a
loose cable yet. I don't think our SAN bricks with SATA drives have had
one either.
al
Steve Rochford wrote:
I like SCSI and IDE not only for their proven track record [server
and desktop respectively] but because the dang cables don't get
knocked off each time I reach into the case. Those cable connections
on the back of the SATA drives are a little worrying. I've
accidentally bumped the connection off my workstation at home twice
while adding the Happauge card and what not.
I can understand that with a home machine you're going to be taking the
top off at regular intervals to play with it (err; upgrade hardware etc)
but why on earth would you ever open a server unless it has a fault? We
have servers that go their entire life without being opened up. Is there
some major bit of server management that I'm missing by not taking it
apart on a regular basis??
Steve
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