UDMA/100 vs Serial ATA/150 hard drive differences

[Jesus Antonio Santos Giraldo]

Well,

Seagate is winning...


Chucho!

>In a 0.7K blaze of typing glory, Jesus Antonio Santos Giraldo wrote:<br>>>
<br>>> Hi all,<br>>> <br>>> While searching to buy a new hard drive I found
something like:<br>>> <br>>> Hitachi 120GB UDMA/100 7200RPM 2MB IDE
HDD<br>>> Maxtor 60GB 7200RPM 8MB Serial ATA/150 HDD<br>>> Seagate 80GB
7200RPM Serial ATA/150 8MB HDD<br>>> etc...<br>>> <br>>> I noticed someones
have   : UDMA/100 7200RPM,<br>>> Others                    : 8MB Serial
ATA/150 HDD<br>>> <br>>> What's the diference between UDMA/Serial
ATA?<br>><br>>Bus architecture. Higher theoretical maximums on Serial
ATA.<br>>but not much higer in the current generation. Expect more
in<br>>the months to come.<br>><br>>> Which is better?<br>><br>>SATA if you
have SATA hardware and cabling. Otherwise, ATA/100,<br>>a/k/a
UDMA/100.<br>><br>>> Which one is better suited for Linux?<br>><br>>Serial
ATA is newer, so adapter support isn't as broad as for<br>>plain vanilla
ATA.<br>><br>>> Any help or recomended reading would be very
appreciated.<br>>> <br>>> BTW: If I you have to choose between Hitachi,
Maxtor, Seagate what will you<br>>> choose?<br>><br>>In my order of
preference: Seagate, Maxtor. Hitachi is missing from<br>>this list because
I've never owned one. Sometimes, Maxtor drives are<br>>cheaper than
Seagate, but I've had less problems with Seagate drives<br>>than with
Maxtor drives. That said, I've got a big fat Maxtor ATA/100<br>>120GB drive
in my primary box now, so we'll see how it holds up.<br>><br>>Kurt<br>>--
<br>>If anything can go wrong, it
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