On Nov 16, 2007 3:23 PM, Ben Barrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Excellent data point, a great example given recent EUGLUG threads ;) > > As for SCSI-vs-SATA, it strikes me that the enterprise swing to > commodity clustering, > thanks even to the biggest irons, have brought enterprise-grade > engineering across > to commodity formats.
Indeed. My understanding is that most drives of a given size/generation from a given manufacturer are (often) mechanically identical. The differences in their performance characteristics are governed primarily by the firmware they are running. They different firmwares are developed to meet different market niches. Quiet vs. performance vs. power consumption for example. -- -Regards- -Quentin Hartman-
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