Serial ATA adapters

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Dilbert Firestorm

I have a question on this subject of SATA.

I have basically an scsi setup. there don't a appear to be a scsi-sata
adapter, but I have seen an IDE-SATA adapter and an IDE-scsi adapter.

would mating the two adapters work in a scsi setup?
 
In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage Dilbert Firestorm said:
I have a question on this subject of SATA.
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I have basically an scsi setup. there don't a appear to be a scsi-sata
adapter, but I have seen an IDE-SATA adapter and an IDE-scsi adapter.
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would mating the two adapters work in a scsi setup?
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Since an IDE-SCSI-adapter will be a bridge, it might work.
However there are numerous compatibility problems with
ATA -> SATA adapters, so better get an (S)ATA controller
and add that to the system.

Note also that the IDE->SCSI adapter will fake some of the
SCSI capabilities and the resulting SCSI device will be limited
(likely no command queuing, etc.)

Arno
 
Arno Wagner said:
Since an IDE-SCSI-adapter will be a bridge, it might work.
However there are numerous compatibility problems with
ATA -> SATA adapters, so better get an (S)ATA controller
and add that to the system.

Note also that the IDE->SCSI adapter will fake
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Why 'fake it' when it can just report it as a feature not supported.
some of the SCSI capabilities and the resulting SCSI
device will be limited (likely no command queuing, etc.)
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Now Arnie is an expert on bridges too. What next.
 
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