[MLUG] Hot swap external SATA

[The Anarcat]

On Fri, Dec 05, 2008 at 12:24:52AM -0500, Alex Bedard wrote:
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> 2008/12/4 The Anarcat <anarcat at anarcat.ath.cx>
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>     On Thu, Dec 04, 2008 at 11:01:27PM -0500, Alex Bedard wrote:
>     > USB 2 = 480mbps
>     > eSATA = 1.5gbps
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>     Is there a drive out there that can sustain 1.5gbps?
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> Yes, and more, SATA2 is 3gbps.  Keep in mind these are Gb/s, and not GB/s.

Really! The most i could get out of a SATA2 drive here is 30-40MB/s
(roughly 300-400mbps). Which drive are you talking about here?

And i'm not talking about those feeble 8MB caches on drive, i'm talking
about raw disk access.

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