[OmniOS-discuss] WDC WD10EZEX problems

[Warren Marts]

I believe there are some SATA 6Gbps disks that only have 1.5Gbps as a
fallback, and do not support 3Gbps.

For a spinning hard disk, certainly a 7200 rpm disk, it is not a noticeable
handicap to run at 1.5 vs. 3Gbps.


On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 1:30 PM, Michael Rasmussen <mir at miras.org> wrote:

> On Thu, 29 May 2014 15:23:07 -0400
> "Dan Swartzendruber" <dswartz at druber.com> wrote:
>
> > > On Thu, 29 May 2014 20:58:50 +0200
> > > Chris Ferebee <cf at ferebee.net> wrote:
> > >
> > >>
> > >> Or, BTW, the cables. They could be marginal, still tolerated @ 3 Gbps
> by
> > >> the Seagate, but rejected by the WDs, for instance.
> > >>
> > > Since all disks are connected through the same SFF-8087 cable I think
> > > this could be ruled out?
> >
> > If it's a forward breakout cable, it's 4 cables at the disk end and one
> at
> > the HBA end, so isn't it possible one of them is flaky?
> >
> 2 out of 4? And on exactly the same to disk brands?
>
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