Rodrigo Barbosa rodrigob@suespammers.org wrote:
I really don't think he hotswaps them. Most like turning the computer off, replacing the drive, and turning back on. I have seen this done many times, mostly on computer course labs, or test boxes. But I agree, ATA for hot-swaping is a BAD idea.
BRUCE STANLEY bruce.stanley@prodigy.net wrote:
Hi Rodrigo! Your are correct, I do not hot swap them even though the product claims that you can. I never trusted that with
IDE.
The hot-swap/transient is just a bonus of the SATA SCA. Although you have to have an intelligence behind SATA SCA, just like any ATA hot-swap (i.e., hard to find outside of 3Ware).
The reality is that I've had issue after issue with many [parallel] ATA bays and connections. Same deal with non-SCA SCSI cans.
I only go for SATA SCA or SCSI SCA, with rare exception. I.e., only for test systems.