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From: Stroller <stroller@××××××××××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Questions about SATA and hot plugging.
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 06:22:44
Message-Id: 3BBB8E7E-7CB6-4D9B-88BA-ECE5FE3D09C5@stellar.eclipse.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Questions about SATA and hot plugging. by Mark Knecht
1 On 15/12/2010, at 7:58pm, Mark Knecht wrote:
2 > ...
3 > 1) Internal SATA drives are at the end of a single cable and don't
4 > require hot-plugging logic be built into the SATA port driver on the
5 > SATA controller because they are always powered up. (They are inside
6 > the case)
7
8 I'm not sure this is the case.
9
10 This is what I have in my closet:
11 http://www.tstcom.com/product_details.asp?ID=4
12
13 The backplanes seem pretty dumb. When you remove a drive, you seem to be hot-swapping it near-directly from the SATA controller.
14
15 Stroller.