From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Sep 28 06:18:07 1995 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id GAA13610 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 28 Sep 1995 06:18:07 -0700 Received: from croute.com (ishm2.croute.com [199.97.106.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with SMTP id GAA13605 for ; Thu, 28 Sep 1995 06:18:02 -0700 Received: from bldg1.croute.com by croute.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA01796; Thu, 28 Sep 95 08:21:34 CDT Received: from COMPUROUTE/SpoolDir by bldg1.croute.com (Mercury 1.13); Thu, 28 Sep 95 8:22:15 +600 Received: from SpoolDir by COMPUROUTE (Mercury 1.13); Thu, 28 Sep 95 8:21:54 +600 From: "Larry Dolinar" Organization: CompuRoute, Inc. To: questions@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 28 Sep 1995 08:21:45 +600 CDT Subject: Re: PC configuration advice wanted. Cc: jeffa@sybase.com, questions@freebsd.org Priority: normal X-Mailer: Pegasus Mail v3.22 Message-Id: <567A60719E4@bldg1.croute.com> Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk | Doug S. stands accused of saying: | > Yes, and if youre creating a solution to take advantage of *one* OS | > or application, then you *may* find a SCSI implementation that supports | > your hardware and software. However, if you (as many of us are) want to | > remain as standardized as is reasonable, to take advantage of various | > OSs, then (E)IDE is (currently) the *only* way to go. | | Still totally bogus. All of the major SCSI interface families have good | vendor support for all of the major operating environments, and have for | many years. Do I need to make a list? | | In the closed minds of the average PC retailer, your argument is very | popular. Out here in the real world, it's just so much crap. Indeed: and something that may already have been mentioned: how many manufacturers make 2 and 4GB (E)IDE drives? Practical MTBF on (E)IDE drives is lower on IDE than SCSI (your mileage may vary). I've personally experienced this over the last 5 years, and in an enginerring/manufacturing environment. The idea for smart IDE controllers and LBA was added ex post facto (IMHO): SCSI hosts had been doing this for quite a bit longer. IDE is a fine fair thing for the DOS/Windows user -- get a big one (or two) and do your thing. But I suspect the profit margin for the manufacturers and PC vendors also keeps them attractive vs. SCSI. I've used them myself for quite a while, but when it comes to setting up a platform to play with various OS's, I've made the switch and am very glad of it. But let's lose this thread; Doug's already made up his mind... cheers, larry