On Mon, Dec 29, 2003 at 10:36:49AM +0000, Rus Foster wrote: > > 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? > > > IMHO SCSI disks last longer so its worth paying extra there. Also the > interface for SCSI is just better as the controller handels the disk > rather than IDE which is done more on the CPU
This is no longer true. Most current IDE controllers support various DMA schemes. Like ATA-100, ATA-133, etc. So with IDE the controller now bypasses the CPU too. Now it may be true that SCSI drives have better performance, but right now I think that's just because they're better drives (mechanically, and electronically) rather than because of the controllers. They're also *much* more expensive. Bijan -- Bijan Soleymani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.crasseux.com
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