[geeks] SCSI vs SATA (update)

[James Braid]

Kevin wrote:

> The drive was barely usable under the old kernel.  Now it's on
> par with the SCSI drives in the system.
> 
> Absolutely nothing other than the kernel was changed between
> these tests.

Did you use the libata drivers in the 2.6 kernel?

I found the 2.6 libata drivers made a massive improvement for my Silicon 
Image controllers over the 2.4 or 2.6 IDE drivers.

Cheers, James