Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757467AbXERMcV (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 May 2007 08:32:21 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754911AbXERMcP (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 May 2007 08:32:15 -0400 Received: from outpipe-village-512-1.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:36314 "EHLO the-village.bc.nu" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754633AbXERMcO (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 May 2007 08:32:14 -0400 Date: Fri, 18 May 2007 13:35:49 +0100 From: Alan Cox To: Rob Landley Cc: Lennart Sorensen , Henrique de Moraes Holschuh , Tejun Heo , Dave Jones , Francesco Pretto , Phillip Susi , linux-kernel Subject: Re: Weird hard disk noise on shutdown (bug #7674) Message-ID: <20070518133549.450de880@the-village.bc.nu> In-Reply-To: <200705180316.45969.rob@landley.net> References: <20070517033947.GA24757@khazad-dum.debian.net> <20070517150420.GA10008@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> <200705180316.45969.rob@landley.net> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 2.9.1 (GTK+ 2.10.8; i386-redhat-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1071 Lines: 23 On Fri, 18 May 2007 03:16:45 -0400 Rob Landley wrote: > On Thursday 17 May 2007 11:04 am, Lennart Sorensen wrote: > > On Thu, May 17, 2007 at 12:39:47AM -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > > > Actually, in my limited experience, SAS is marginally less crappy than > SATA, > > > and has a higher MTBF, probably because the manufacturers try to cut less > > > corners. But if one can get high-quality SATA drives (where?!), I don't > > > know why SAS would be superior to SATA. > > > > SAS is dual ported so you can have redundant cables and controllers. > > Because the controller's far more likely to go than the moving parts... That only matters if you don't lay the data out with mirrors on different controllers in the first place - which is cheaper to do with SATA than buy any SAS kit IMHO - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/