[geeks] New 2.5" SCSI HDs???

der Mouse mouse at Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA
Tue Jan 23 09:14:36 CST 2007


>> That can't be true; I've seen SATA disks, and they use too few wires
>> to be even vaguely SCSI.
> Different layer of abstraction.

But an important - indeed, critical - one if you're offering SAS when
someone asks for SCSI.  This thread started with Lionel writing

> Just bumped into this, thought those folks with SPARCBooks and Sun
> Voyagers will be interested in this:

> http://techreport.com/onearticle.x/11638

> 147 GB 2.5" SCSI HDs - hmmmh.

For the purposes of "those folks", the SCSI-incompatibility at the
physical layer is a deal-breaker.  As it is for just about *anyone*
looking for SCSI disks, I imagine.

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