[Eug-lug] External SATA

[Bob Miller]

Garl Grigsby wrote:

>   Does anybody have an experience with SATA drives under Linux? 
> Specifically I am looking at getting a HighPoint Rocket 1511 e.SATA and 
> a couple of  RocketMate 1100 External Disk cases to use as offsite 
> backup. My experience with USB2.0 has been nothing but a disaster and I 
> want nothing more of it. Presently I see my options as either Firewire 
> or e.SATA. I need something that is hot swappable and is reliable. 
> Anybody have a suggestions?

I have one SATA drive (internal).  It works fine under 2.6 kernels,
but under 2.4, simply having the drive attached uses 80% of the CPU.
My IDE interface is an Intel ICH5 (i865 chipset).  I haven't tried
hotplugging it.

I also have one USB drive, a Maxtor OneTouch.  I've been using it for
real work for about four months under both 2.4 and 2.6 kernels.  I've
had no problems once I got it sorted out initially.

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Bob Miller                              K<bob>
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