but then why would SATA also have the higher MTBF? I really think that
there's a difference but hopefully someone knows better than me.


"kony" wrote in message
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On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 23:48:29 GMT, "AFN"
wrote:


I don't believe that the SATA drives are the same as regular IDE/ATA.
They
boast double the MTBF numbers, comparable to SCSI. I'm not an expert,
and
I'm inviting debate, but I believe you're wrong to say they are the same
except for the interface. Surely some components inside must be
different
if the MTBF numbers is double (and comparable to SCSI).


Often SCSI drives are expected to run for longer interval in
a server. With an expectation for fewer spinups per
operational hour than a desktop system it wouldn't be
surprising that their MTBF rate is higher.