[Discuss] NAS: lots of bays vs. lots of boxes

[Edward Ned Harvey (blu)]

> From: Discuss [mailto:discuss-bounces+blu=nedharvey.com at blu.org] On
> Behalf Of Rich Braun
> 
> As drive capacities increased, transfer speed also did. (You have updated
> your motherboards to 6G SATA, right?)

Nope. Well - Drives increased speed up to around 1Gbit/sec around 10 years ago, and there they stayed, and there they still are. They're limited by the frequency response of the heads.

It took a surprisingly long time for SSD's to get faster than sustainable 1Gbit/sec, but they've accomplished it now. Nowadays, I expect a typical SSD to actually be limited by the 6Gbit bus.