[lug] software RAID

[D. Stimits]

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> They do, it's called "Serial Attached SCSI" and it can use regular SATA
> devices.  I'd imagine that SATA is better than IDE because you only get one
> device per bus, as far as I can tell.  It's unclear whether two port

...even if SATA had all other specs the same as PATA, the cable alone 
would make me get rid of all my PATA's :P
*grouch note: I hate PATA cables*

> controllers that show up as "master" and "slave" suffer the same
> performance issues as regular IDE, but that's a controller issue.
> Certainly on things like the 3ware SATA RAID cards, they are different
> busses.  On lower-cost gear, that might not be the case.
> 
> Thanks,
> Sean