From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 26 16:27:08 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 14A1110656B2 for ; Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:27:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prad@towardsfreedom.com) Received: from pd2mo3so.prod.shaw.ca (idcmail-mo1so.shaw.ca [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE41C8FC15 for ; Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:27:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prad@towardsfreedom.com) Received: from pd3mr1so.prod.shaw.ca (pd3mr1so-qfe3.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.177]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0K32007SZWBED870@l-daemon> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:26:02 -0600 (MDT) Received: from pn2ml8so.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.121.152]) by pd3mr1so.prod.shaw.ca (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-7.05 (built Sep 5 2006)) with ESMTP id <0K320029SWBE0XD0@pd3mr1so.prod.shaw.ca> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:26:02 -0600 (MDT) Received: from gom.home ([70.67.160.176]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0K320087IWBDUE40@l-daemon> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:26:02 -0600 (MDT) Received: from gom.home (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gom.home (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB3CDB842 for ; Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:25:58 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:25:58 -0700 From: prad To: FreeBSD Questions Message-id: <20080626092558.1a17d7d2@gom.home> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.3.1 (GTK+ 2.12.1; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Subject: to scsi or not to scsi X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:27:08 -0000 i've heard scsi hard drives are really good. i've also seen at least one site which claims that ide easily outperform scsi. for the server we got (dual P3 1GHz 2M which will use raid), is one preferable over the other? and what about sata? -- In friendship, prad ... with you on your journey Towards Freedom http://www.towardsfreedom.com (website) Information, Inspiration, Imagination - truly a site for soaring I's