From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jan 6 15:16:27 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mta03-svc.ntlworld.com (mta03-svc.ntlworld.com [62.253.162.43]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4CE637B402 for ; Sun, 6 Jan 2002 15:16:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from lungfish.ntlworld.com ([62.253.145.135]) by mta03-svc.ntlworld.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.23 201-229-121-123-20010418) with ESMTP id <20020106231623.JLHL19499.mta03-svc.ntlworld.com@lungfish.ntlworld.com>; Sun, 6 Jan 2002 23:16:23 +0000 Received: from tuatara.goatsucker.org (tuatara.goatsucker.org [192.168.1.6]) by lungfish.ntlworld.com (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id g06NGKn67480; Sun, 6 Jan 2002 23:16:21 GMT (envelope-from scott@tuatara.goatsucker.org) Received: (from scott@localhost) by tuatara.goatsucker.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g06NEwW48116; Sun, 6 Jan 2002 23:14:58 GMT (envelope-from scott) Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2002 23:14:58 +0000 From: Scott Mitchell To: Anthony Atkielski Cc: Kevin Golding , Cliff Sarginson , FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Parts I recommend (formerly "Workstation and server-market") Message-ID: <20020106231458.E338@localhost> References: <20020105195536.27073ca2.johann@broadpark.no> <20020105170230.636999bb.matthew@starbreaker.net> <20020106071439.GE1003@raggedclown.net> <0a5b01c19683$d1087880$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <20020106121009.A338@localhost> <4JD6R5A1lFO8EwPI@caomhin.demon.co.uk> <20020106142306.C338@localhost> <003101c196e7$22763af0$0a00000a@atkielski.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <003101c196e7$22763af0$0a00000a@atkielski.com>; from anthony@freebie.atkielski.com on Sun, Jan 06, 2002 at 08:19:59PM +0100 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.5-PRERELEASE i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, Jan 06, 2002 at 08:19:59PM +0100, Anthony Atkielski wrote: > Scott writes: > > > All of our workstations are left on permanently, > > although the drives won't be doing much for half > > the day... they still die more often than the SCSI > > drives. Which is fine, really -- the SCSI drives > > cost a lot more so I expect them to last longer :-) > > Manufacturers design and build better drives for SCSI, so they tend to last > longer, but there is nothing inherent in SCSI itself that makes SCSI drives > better, noisier, or whatever. Absolutely... it wasn't my intention to imply anything about SCSI or ATA per se, merely that (because of the market segments they're selling into) a typical SCSI drive is likely to be built to be generally tougher than a typical ATA drive, and that increased noise is part of the price you pay for that toughness. There will no doubt the exceptions to prove the rule :-) Scott -- =========================================================================== Scott Mitchell | PGP Key ID | "Eagles may soar, but weasels Cambridge, England | 0x54B171B9 | don't get sucked into jet engines" scott.mitchell@mail.com | 0xAA775B8B | -- Anon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message