Shared Memory

[Steve]

On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 13:06:44 -0500, Ilya Palagin <tux-4CS0UopE6WdBDgjK7y7TUQ at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Quoting John Wildberger <wildberger-iRg7kjdsKiH3fQ9qLvQP4Q at public.gmane.org>:
> 
> ...
> > I see more and more SATA drives being part of packaged computers.
> > What are the
> > pro's and con's for them? Are they more difficult to get installed with
> > Linux?
> 
> It depends on your Linux distro.  For instance, RHES-3 has poor SATA
> support in
> the kernel it comes with.  I had to compile one by myself for a server
> with SiI
> 3112a based controller on-board.  Distributions with newer kernels (after
> 2.4.21) shouldn't have this problem.

2 more points about S-ATA:

1) they use a much smaller cable to connect. This makes it easier to
route things in your case and helps to not hinder airflow.

2) They are supposed to consume much less power than an IDE drive.
This is always a good thing.

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