From owner-freebsd-isp Tue Jan 7 11:32:21 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id LAA06151 for isp-outgoing; Tue, 7 Jan 1997 11:32:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from buffnet4.buffnet.net (root@buffnet4.buffnet.net [205.246.19.13]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with SMTP id LAA06146 for ; Tue, 7 Jan 1997 11:32:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from buffnet1.buffnet.net (mmdf@buffnet1.buffnet.net [205.246.19.10]) by buffnet4.buffnet.net (8.6.12/8.6.9) with SMTP id OAA30747 for ; Tue, 7 Jan 1997 14:33:49 -0500 Received: from buffnet11.buffnet.net by buffnet1.buffnet.net id aa03563; 7 Jan 97 14:33 EST Date: Tue, 7 Jan 1997 14:33:00 -0500 (EST) From: Steve To: Michael Dillon cc: Charles Reese , isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: News on FreeBSD In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 7 Jan 1997, Michael Dillon wrote: > On Tue, 7 Jan 1997, Charles Reese wrote: > > > I am also interested in setting up News and at the risk of getting roasted I > > would like to ask if anyone has used a multiple PC/FreeBSD system using IDE > > drives. For the same price as the SCSI system one could get 3- 486s each > > with 2 enhanced IDEs. > > > > I'm ducking now, > > *sizzle* Mmmm, roast duck! > > Nobody uses IDE drives on servers of any sort. > > The side effect of this is that the drive manufacturers have somewhat > higher internal quality standards for SCSI drive models even when the > physical mechanism is identical to the IDE model. Of course, this doesn't > always mean they are perfect, but it helps to make SCSI drives last longer > under a thrashing. And in a news server, thrashing is what they will get. i second this one - I used IDE's for some simple servers and they eventually each made me a problem I couldnt rectify without tossing the drive and replacing it altogether.