Rodrigo Barbosa <rodrigob at 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 at 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. -- Bryan J. Smith | Sent from Yahoo Mail mailto:b.j.smith at ieee.org | (please excuse any http://thebs413.blogspot.com/ | missing headers)