Recent content by kristofferjon

What is your source on the differences between the SATA and SAS versions?

I agree that the mechanical characteristics of the drive shouldn't change, what I'm interested in is the effect that SAS Tagged Command Queueing (TCG) has on performance for mixed read/write workloads at various queue depths. We currently use 100+ Toshiba enterprise near-line SAS drives in our...

Well, the SAS interface should be the only difference. However the SAS interface should positively influence the performance characteristics of the drive due to full-duplex command support and other advantages of the SAS protocol vs SATA. I'm looking to quantify the performance difference...

I've been searching for reviews on the Hitachi Ultrastar 7K3000 SAS hard drives but have only found reviews on the SATA models. if anyone knows of any decent reviews please let me know. Real world experiences with these drives would also be appreciated.

Thanks, I'm leaning towards the Seagate Constellation ES.2 or ES.3. I'd love to find a ES.3 review out there and a supplier who actually has stock!

We are in the market for 20 x 2TB 6G SAS hard drives for a new project we're undertaking. Currently considering the following drives: Toshiba MK2001TRKB 2TB SAS 16MB Cache (have 100 of these and have had a few issues with dead drives) Hitachi Ultrastar 0B26312 2TB SAS 64MB Cache (can't...

Packetboy, Can you post the iSER configuration details? Regards, Kris