Date: Sun, 6 May 2001 18:40:23 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: "Christopher Leigh" <clcont@lubbockcomputer.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: for a server, SCSI or IDE? Message-ID: <15093.57575.793791.196653@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <36871676@toto.iv>
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Christopher Leigh <clcont@lubbockcomputer.com> types: > my friend wants to build a 1GHz pentium server. > should he get an IDE or SCSI drive? > if they both go 7200rpm, then what's the big whoop/the cost difference > for? SCSI gets better performance in multidrive systems. Buying several small SCSI drives and building a software raid system will provide better performance than 1 drive - and SCSI is the only way to go for that. You might also want to check the softupdates thread on -stable (I think that's it). Getting an IDE drive into a reliable configuration may be problematical, but see the thread if you're worried about reliability. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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