Does a 10,000 RPM Parallel ATA (not SATA) drive exist?

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I'm looking for a higher-reliability drive, of which all of the 10,000 and
15,000 RPM drives seem to be. I know that many of those are now available
with SATA interfaces. But does any manufacturer make one with Parallel ATA
(PATA/EIDE/ATA-133/etc.) interfaces?

Thanks!
 
Taed Wynnell said:
I'm looking for a higher-reliability drive, of which all of the 10,000 and
15,000 RPM drives seem to be. I know that many of those are now available
with SATA interfaces. But does any manufacturer make one with Parallel ATA
(PATA/EIDE/ATA-133/etc.) interfaces?
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Nope and likely you wont ever see one. Everything new will be SATA.
What's important about PATA? There are STAT to PATA convertors.
 
Taed said:
I'm looking for a higher-reliability drive, of which all of the 10,000 and
15,000 RPM drives seem to be. I know that many of those are now available
with SATA interfaces.
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Many? There's one brand with two models, both 10,000 RPM. The other 10,000
RPM drives and all the 15,000s are SCSI.
But does any manufacturer make one with Parallel
ATA (PATA/EIDE/ATA-133/etc.) interfaces?
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No.

If you need higher reliability then go RAID. If you are experiencing
repeated drive failures there's something wrong with your machine, either
power problems, inadequate cooling, or an unusual vibration environment.
If you don't fix that you'll just keep killing drives.
 
They are? Care to mention them?
Nope and likely you wont ever see one. Everything new will be SATA.
What's important about PATA?
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There are STAT to PATA convertors.
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Which is of no use when you need PATA to SATA convertors.

So, who sells those?
 
Taed Wynnell said:
They are? Care to mention them?
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15000 rpm drives :::
Cheetah X15
Probably More..

Which is of no use when you need PATA to SATA convertors.

So, who sells those?
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Pata -> Sata
HighPoint RocketHead100

Sata -> Pata
ViPower VP-9041
Abit Serillel 2
Acard AEC-7900





One last note.
Repeat this to yourself 100 times
I WILL GOOGLE BEFORE I ASK STOOPID QUESTIONS.
 
rstlne said:
15000 rpm drives :::
Cheetah X15
Probably More..



Pata -> Sata
HighPoint RocketHead100
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That is also SATA->PATA
(Although Highpoint refers to them as IDE to SATA convertors).
Sounds like good old google fooled you.
Sata -> Pata
ViPower VP-9041
Abit Serillel 2
Acard AEC-7900


One last note.
Repeat this to yourself 100 times
I WILL GOOGLE BEFORE I ASK STOOPID QUESTIONS.
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WOTANIDIOT!!!
 
rstlne said:
Oops
Bit of Confusion there..
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Say "massive" and it may come close.
Repeat this to yourself 100 times.
Thought you just ment 15000 rpm drives.. Not Sata only..
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Weaseling out, are we?
Ya I havent seen a 15000 rpm sata drive either ;P
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Nor any 10krpm of SCSI origin. The WD may eventually turn out as of some
sort of SCSI origin except that WD stopped selling SCSI several years ago.
 
I'm looking for a higher-reliability drive, of which all of the 10,000 and
15,000 RPM drives seem to be. I know that many of those are now available
with SATA interfaces. But does any manufacturer make one with Parallel ATA
(PATA/EIDE/ATA-133/etc.) interfaces?

Thanks!
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Seems I recall the western digital 10k sata drive is really a PATA
design with the usual converters. One reviewer thought they would
eventually market a PATA version. Should even be cheaper, right ?

Still waiting though ;)
 
Seems I recall the western digital 10k sata drive is really a PATA
design with the usual converters. One reviewer thought they would
eventually market a PATA version. Should even be cheaper, right ?
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Seagate's apparently the only outfit that was willing to risk designing a
controller chip with an SATA interface in advance of shipping their first
SATA product--everybody else is still using PATA controllers with an SATA
bridge because it's all they can get at the moment.

Unlikely that there's going to be a PATA Raptor--it's aimed at the
"enterprise" market and there are "enterprise" features in SATA that are
not present in PATA. Eventually WD will likely produce their own
controller chip with an SATA interface and stop using the bridge chip.
 
J. Clarke said:
Seagate's apparently the only outfit that was willing to risk designing a
controller chip with an SATA interface in advance of shipping their first
SATA product--everybody else is still using PATA controllers with an
SATA bridge because it's all they can get at the moment.

Unlikely that there's going to be a PATA Raptor--it's aimed at the
"enterprise" market and there are "enterprise" features in SATA that are
not present in PATA.
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Oh? Which one?
 
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