I was just curious because in a RAID 0 configuration with multiple drives
SATA 6 gig would come in handy. I expect that that technology will be
short lived because most will migrate to SSD for their boot drive and
magnetic drives for data storage where speed isn't that important.
Eventually SSD will become mainstream and magnetic will become obsolete
but I don't expect that for 5-10 years or so.
On Sat, 22 Jan 2011 00:02:15 -0600, Greg Sevart <[email protected]> wrote:
WD has a 3TB Green out (WD30EZRSDTL), but it's 3.0Gb/s. Hitachi's 7K3000,
though, is both 7200rpm and SATA 6.0Gb/s. Available in 1.5, 2.0, and
3.0TB
capacities.
http://www.hitachigst.com/internal-drives/desktop/deskstar/deskstar-7k3000
Seagate makes a 3TB unit, but it's only available in their external
drive.
It's all pointless though--no magnetic drive comes close to saturating
SATA
3.0Gb/s, let alone the higher standard--and I expect this to be true for
some time. The new standard really only benefits SSDs. Funny thing is
that
there were drives at CES capable of nearly saturating the new spec before
it's even common.
Greg
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:hardware-
[email protected]] On Behalf Of Stan Zaske
Sent: Friday, January 21, 2011 11:42 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [H] Boot drive on Sandy Bridge EFI mobo?
I hadn't heard of any, do you have a link?
On Fri, 21 Jan 2011 20:35:23 -0600, Anthony Q. Martin
<[email protected]>
wrote:
> Asus uses the phrase "EFI Bios" in their manual. So you apparently
> aren't the only one. Frankly, I don't care. The use of the mouse is
> helpful, though, but I kinda like the old method.
>
> I hear there are some 2+TB drives out that run on SATA 3, right?
> Anyone tried one yet?
>
> On 1/20/2011 11:34 PM, Greg Sevart wrote:
>> Potentially faster bootup, more robust options that are (in theory)
>> easier to navigate, more extensible (hence the name--think of things
>> like a web browser in your setup utility, not that I really want
>> one), and probably the real reason we see adoption--ability for
>> Windows to boot GPT disks, enabling booting from drives larger than
>> 2.2TB.
>>
>> The thing I struggle with most is wanting to say "UEFI BIOS", when in
>> fact UEFI is a replacement for BIOS, not a subtype.
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: [email protected] [mailto:hardware-
>>> [email protected]] On Behalf Of FORC5
>>> Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2011 7:45 PM
>>> To: [email protected]
>>> Subject: Re: [H] Boot drive on Sandy Bridge EFI mobo?
>>>
>>> other then using a mouse what is the deal with EFI bios ?
>>>
>>> thanks
>>> fp
>>>
>>> At 04:05 AM 1/21/2011, Anthony Q. Martin Poked the stick with:
>>>> I've just about got this Asus mobo up...but I can't seem to figure
>>>> out
>> how to
>>> get it to boot from my SSD automatically...I can force it from
>>> within the
>> EFI,
>>> but it doesn't seem to give me the option to select the SSD as the
>>> boot
>> drive.
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