Re: Recommendation for buy Hardware

[GeraldCC <gcsgcatling@bigpond.com>]

On Friday, January 28, 2011 04:24:27 pm Alfonso Ruiz wrote:
> Hello.
> 
> I would like ask a recommendation  about HDs for Linux, because I use
> Squeeze and don´t want have the same problems that people that bought
> WD20EARS disks, my budget is limited.
> 
> I plan buy one ST32000641AS for my desktop/server and one ST2000DL003 for
> use for backups purpose via an external esata box.
> 
> The ST2000DL003 is 4096 bytes per sector, can this have problems with
> squeeze?
> 
> The ST32000641AS is sata3, but will be connected to an sata2 motherboard,
> so, can have any problem for this in Squeeze?
> 
> Thanks for the recommendations
> 
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The ST32000641AS is sata3---this will not work in a sata2 board. you will have 
to buy a sata 3 pci-e card to run it.
Sata3 is backwards compatible to sata2 but not the other wat around.
Gerald