Re: [tlug] Any experience working with Coraid EtherDrives?

[Curt Sampson <cjs@example.com>]

On 2008-01-09 21:20 -0800 (Wed), Ragga Muffin wrote:

> 1. Fiber channel storage arrays. Latency is very low. Kick-ass for
> databases etc.
> ...
> 3. eSATA arrays. Cheap.

Is it really the case that the lower latency of an FC array (and how
much lower is it, anyway?) is enough to offset the massively larger
number of disk arms you can get with an eSATA array?

cjs
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