On Wed, 01 Jan 1997 13:09:41 +0100, A.L.Meyers wrote: > Paul Morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> On Thu, 25 Dec 2003 20:49:17 +0100, A.L.Meyers wrote: >> >>> Bingo, Monique. And precisely that directory entry apparently was on >>> one of the bad blocks on that partition (IDE drive about 4 years old >>> - now I know why the old wizzards always prefer SCSI). And my >>> backups >> <snip> >> >> A bit of trivia: For any given manufacturer of both IDE and SCSI disks, >> the disks themselves are often (usually) mechanically identical, whether >> IDE or SCSI. It's just the controllers which are different. >> It's working as coded. > > Interesting, Paul. So are you saying that SCSI hard drives are simply > not worth the extra money or that the advantages of SCSI are in the > interface and not in the media? > > Lux
I will restrict my comments to PCs, as fast servers are another matter entirely. For my own personal PC, there is no advantage in SCSI. IDE drives work fast enough and they are cheap and pretty reliable. I don't need the interface for speed or capacity: I'm already running 6 drives, I certainly don't need more. SCSI is hugely expensive and would gain me nothing. The principal advantage is in the interface. Manufacturers, of course, would prefer you to think differently, after all, there is a huge cost difference, but I expect that if you took two similar models from, say, Maxtor, the MTBF for the mechanics wouldn't be that different. Also, people who have outlaid a significant amount of money for SCSI drives for overengineered PCs will be more inclined to believe that SCSI drives are more mechanically reliable, because it's difficult to think that one has spent all that money just to have OpenOffice load 500ms faster. And maybe the reverse is true: maybe I'm justifiying IDE when in reality I'm just a cheapskate. Anyway, it's just my opinion, take it for what it cost :) -- ....................paul It's working as coded. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
