ExtremeTech have reviewed the first Serial ATA harddisk available, the Seagate ST3120023AS.
The benchmark results are very impressive, especially the low CPU utilization.
Here's a snip of the review: Overall, we were pleasantly surprised with the performance of the Seagate drive. The benchmarks were, in general, as good or better than those of the parallel ATA version of the same drive. We suspect that performance in general should be pretty good for single drives. Note that you're not paying any premium, either, as the ST3120023AS is priced roughly the same as the parallel ATA ST3120023A. Read the complete review over here and get more information about the upcoming standard over here.
The benchmark results are very impressive, especially the low CPU utilization.
Here's a snip of the review: Overall, we were pleasantly surprised with the performance of the Seagate drive. The benchmarks were, in general, as good or better than those of the parallel ATA version of the same drive. We suspect that performance in general should be pretty good for single drives. Note that you're not paying any premium, either, as the ST3120023AS is priced roughly the same as the parallel ATA ST3120023A. Read the complete review over here and get more information about the upcoming standard over here.
