[ale] NCQ: Was: Build-yer-own NAS server

[Jay Finch]

Wow... I learned something new today.  Thanks Keith!  (It's always a 
good day when I learn something new.. :-) )

Cheers!
Jay

Keith Hopkins wrote:
> Jay Finch wrote:
>> Actually, all of Western Digital's SATA drives do *NOT* support NCQ.  
>> (I've been reading a lot of hard drive reviews lately)  WD decided 
>> not to build in NCQ support into their drives, and I know their SE16 
>> (16MB Cache) series don't support SATA.
>>
>> Seagate, Maxtor & Samsung all support NCQ for their SATA drives.
>>
>> FYI - NCQ is a SATA-only feature.  I haven't seen it on any IDE drives.
>>
>> Cheers!
>> Jay
> NCQ was a SCSI only feature, until recently when some drive mfgrs 
> started including it on SATA drives.
>
> For a little more background on how NCQ works, check out 
> http://www.neoseeker.com/Hardware/faqs/kb/15,71.html
>
> --Keith
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