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Serial ATA, Here and Now

Posted by timothy on from the smaller-faster-more dept.

Xev writes "We have heard a lot about this new technology; over at HEXUS.net they have a review of a retail drive. The first on the internet, it is interesting to see the performance of the unit as well as the hotswap feature, and other new functions. Is this a solution to cheaper hot swap?"

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  1. nice review by Phosphor3k · · Score: 5, Funny
    All I get is
    We are having major server problems at the moment. Something is up - we will fix this ;)


    Something is up? Thats a nice way of saying their server is dying under the load of thousands of geeks.
    1. Re:nice review by sporty · · Score: 5, Funny

      It could be a Serial ATA drive failure :)

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      ping -f 255.255.255.255 # if only

  2. Re:Conclusion of article by p4 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Pros:
    Very Quiet
    Sending serially, one bit at a time, is quieter than in parallel? I didn't know bits made so much noise ...