[mdlug] Damaged Image recovery

[Aaron Kulkis]

Dan Pritts wrote:
> SATA, PATA, SCSI, SAS, Fiber channel, i don't really care what
> the drive's native interface is.
> 
> putting it behind a USB2 connection will make it run slower than 
> its native interface.
> 
> that's my only point.

Of course.

Which is why I never suggested buying SATA in a USB carrier
for speed or performance... merely for GB/$ compared to
vendor-assembled disks of the same form factor and capacity.

> 
> On Fri, Oct 02, 2009 at 10:40:52AM -0400, Aaron Kulkis wrote:
>> Dan Pritts wrote:
>>> On Thu, Oct 01, 2009 at 03:41:04PM -0400, Aaron Kulkis wrote:
>>>> Dan Pritts wrote:
>>>>> On Thu, Oct 01, 2009 at 12:03:28PM -0700, Michael Mikowski wrote:
>>>>>> And SATA RAID almost certainly beats the pants off USB drives for performance and reliability :)
>>>>> sata storage of any sort almost certainly beats the pants off USB
>>>>> drives for just about anything except perhaps cost.
>>>> Or you just buy a SATA drive, and put it in a $35 USB
>>>> enclosure...then SATA marginally beats a USB drive.
>>> that's exactly what i *wouldn't* do.  
>>>
>>> USB is cheap and old and performs like it.
>>>
>>> SATA is much, much faster and is probably more reliable.
>>>
>>> I'm not saying there's no place for usb drives - usb is obviously
>>> ubiquitous - but if you want performance don't use usb.
>>>
>> Try finding an IDE drive to put into a USB carrier
>> any larger than 100 GB or so.
>>
>> If you buy a 300 GB external USB drive, it's SATA inside.
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