I was surfing the internet a couple days ago, and came across a Fibre Channel 223gb 15kRPM HDD On EBay, that sold for $39.95. I've heard that these drives can reach speeds of nearly 2GB/s per drive, and most have speeds of 10,000 to 15,000 RPM. I'm wondering why these drives are so cheap, if their specs are so high... is there something I'm missing here?
If all this is true and they're indeed as fast as they say they are (how fast is this compared to a SATA SSD or HDD?), then I'm seriously interested in getting a Fibre Channel system set up on my PC. According to my reading, I'm going to need a PCI-E or PCIX expansion in order to be able to use one, but I've only seen a couple for under $100, and I don't need anything over a single port. One of these will probably be all I'll ever use.
My questions here, if you missed them, are 1 - what performance do Fibre Channel drives offer compared to SSD's or traditional HDD's, 2 - If they offer an improvement over traditional SATA drives, is it worth buying a drive and all the required equipment, and 3 - If so, where can I find a cheap Fibre Channel PCI-E Single Port expansion card to run it off of?
I may be wrong, and maybe I don't even need a PCI-E card for this, and maybe a desktop PC can't even run them at all, but any input would still be appreciated.
Thanks,
-Matt
If all this is true and they're indeed as fast as they say they are (how fast is this compared to a SATA SSD or HDD?), then I'm seriously interested in getting a Fibre Channel system set up on my PC. According to my reading, I'm going to need a PCI-E or PCIX expansion in order to be able to use one, but I've only seen a couple for under $100, and I don't need anything over a single port. One of these will probably be all I'll ever use.
My questions here, if you missed them, are 1 - what performance do Fibre Channel drives offer compared to SSD's or traditional HDD's, 2 - If they offer an improvement over traditional SATA drives, is it worth buying a drive and all the required equipment, and 3 - If so, where can I find a cheap Fibre Channel PCI-E Single Port expansion card to run it off of?
I may be wrong, and maybe I don't even need a PCI-E card for this, and maybe a desktop PC can't even run them at all, but any input would still be appreciated.
Thanks,
-Matt