Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 11:43:08 -0500 (EST) From: Vince Vielhaber <vev@paprika.michvhf.com> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd@netsys.hn> Cc: "freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org" <freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: SCSI-3 vrs. ATA Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9901261139470.5904-100000@paprika.michvhf.com> In-Reply-To: <199901261600.KAA22909@mail.netsys.hn>
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On Tue, 26 Jan 1999, FreeBSD Questions wrote: > -- [ From: FreeBSD Questions * EMC.Ver #2.5.02 ] -- > > > The SCSI drive is faster - it has an 80MB/s burst transfer rate. The ATA > has > > only 33MB/s burst rate. > > According to the Quantum Spec Sheet on the Web http://www.quantum. > com/products/hdd/fireball_se/datasheet.html > the speed for the ATA is 33.3MB/s and 20MB/s for the SCSI-3 > > I'm sorry to insist with Quantum but here that is the only choice I have. If this is going into something that's going to be worked so hard as to need that kind of transfer rate, an IDE won't last. In less than 90 days I destroyed one and it was only keeping the history file on a news feeder. Vince. -- ========================================================================== Vince Vielhaber -- KA8CSH email: vev@michvhf.com flame-mail: /dev/null # include <std/disclaimers.h> TEAM-OS2 Online Searchable Campground Listings http://www.camping-usa.com "There is no outfit less entitled to lecture me about bloat than the federal government" -- Tony Snow ========================================================================== To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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