[svlug] Re: linux system... <- TheBS' Hardware Guide forLinux ...

[Rafael]

On Sun, 29 Apr 2001, J C Lawrence wrote:

> On Sun, 29 Apr 2001 13:29:29 -0700 (PDT) 
> raffi  <Rafael> wrote:
> 
> > On Sun, 29 Apr 2001, Cameron L Palmer wrote:
> >> Buy Seagate hard drives, they are the best.
> 
> > That's a silly statement...
> 
> Agreed.
> 
> > Some improvements are in the work like ATA drives with serial
> > cable connection are under development. That will make drives
> > easier to connect with thin cables (about 4 wires only) to the
> > interfaces and give them more speed for data
> > transfer. 
> 
> Serial ATA will liekly happen.  I don't hold much hope for it being
> actually useful however.

Thin cable would actualy be usable in 1U boxes where space is a problem.

> 
> > Unfortunately, the protocol won't change much so SCSI will keep
> > running circles around ATA.
> 
> Both ATA and SCSI are reaching physical wire limits that cannot be
> beaten.  Both are not far from the end of their lives.  Infiniband

That's been said before for SCSI but they keep is alive with never
features. Since SCSI acommodates more than 2 devices per chanel it's going
to stay around for a long time. Watch for Ultra640. Firewire and fibre
chanel were supposedly replace SCSI but that han't happen.

> currently looks like the most likely replacement, tho I have some
> hope for a low level Object Store to come out of the guys at
> Panasus, especially on account of their founder's previous
> activities.

Unproven technology that takes many years to get accepted in mainstream
computer industry.

> 
> Panasus are hiring BTW -- mention me if you end up going that way.
> 
> -- 
> J C Lawrence                                       claw at kanga.nu
> ---------(*)                          http://www.kanga.nu/~claw/
> --=| A man is as sane as he is dangerous to his environment |=--
> 

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