[Pc_Support] Maxtor 100GB Serial ATA (SATA) drive $99.99 - $65.00 rebate

[Bryan J. Smith]

Phil Barnett <philb at philb.us> wrote:
> Agreed.
> That's why I put them at least in pairs and mirror them if
> the data matters at all.

Every desktop system I build today has a mirror.

Now if only there was a PCIe version of 3Ware's 2-channel
cards (let alone any PCIe version).

Mirrored disks on a card that does load-balancing reads can
easily saturate the entire 133GBps (32b at 33MHz) PCI bus.

Until then, I just use software RAID (or even just rsync) on
newer mainboards that connect the SATA to a PCIe x1 channel
-- such as the nForce4 series of chipsets.


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