SCSI vs. SATA (was Re: Upgrading our mail server)

[Bill Moran]

In response to Frank Bonnet <f.bonnet at esiee.fr>:

> Gerard Seibert wrote:
> > Frank Bonnet wrote:
> > 
> > [...]
> >> I need SCSI Disks of course , budget is around 10K$
> > 
> > Why the insistence on SCSI? Is there any reason that SATA or RAID with
> > SATA is not acceptable? Just curious.
> 
>   Because I want it

Has anyone every verified whether or not SATA has the problems that plagued
ATA?  Such as crappy quality and lying caches?

Personally, I still demand SCSI on production servers because it still
seems as if:
a) The performance is still better
b) The reliability is still better

But I haven't taken a comprehensive look at the SATA offerings.  It also
seems as if SATA is more limiting.  Most SCSI cards can support 16
devices, does SATA have similar offerings?  I know it's not common, but
if you need that many spindles, you need them!

-- 
Bill Moran
Collaborative Fusion Inc.