On Sun, May 25, 2014 at 8:26 PM, Stefan Monnier monnier@iro.umontreal.ca wrote:
Luke can always add a USB-to-SATA IC in the MEB, and the MEB will have SATA.
FWIW, for my own use (mostly low-power servers, running 24/7), SATA-via-USB is a non-starter because my experience has always been that these are not nearly as reliable as true SATA.
for low-power servers when SoCs with USB3 arrive it will always be possible to get a higher quality USB3-to-SATA IC.... on the baseboard... for those situations that need it.
.... and the cost of the CPU Card for other purposes that make it affordable and desirable will not be overburdened by the cost of the SATA interface.
look at the cost of the iMX6 ($36) compared to the RK3188 ($12) - and you start to understand what's driving this.
l.