Date: Wed, 17 Jul 1996 15:14:57 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: dennis@etinc.com (Dennis) Cc: terry@lambert.org, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mitsumi CD-ROM Message-ID: <199607172214.PAA05662@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <199607171409.KAA23642@etinc.com> from "Dennis" at Jul 17, 96 10:09:53 am
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> >Buy a Computer Shopper, look up "Dirt Cheap Drives". > > > >Compare SCSI vs. IDE. > > > >You are apparently buying from the wrong middleman... > > How about some numbers and model numbers, for example. > Surely you arent comparing drives of premium manufacturers > to off-brands? >From last year -- 10 months ago -- which I happen to have handy: size access RPM buffer brand model type price ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- 530MB 13ms 4500 256k Fujitsu M2684T IDE $169 530MB 13ms 4500 256k Fujitsu M2684S SCSI $180 1083MB 11ms 4090 256K NEC D3727 IDE $235 1083MB 11ms 4090 256K NEC D3827 SCSI $295 2.5" drives: 512MB 17ms - - Quantum DT512 IDE $345 512MB 17ms - - Quantum DT512 SCSI $345 810MB 13ms - - Toshiba MK2628 IDE $499 810MB 13ms - - Toshiba MK2628 SCSI $499 Removable: 135MB 13.5ms - - SyQuest EZ135 IDE $199 135MB 13.5ms - - SyQuest EZ135 SCSI $229 270MB 13.5ms - 128k SyQuest SQ3270A IDE $335 270MB 13.5ms - 128k SyQuest SQ3270S SCSI $339 100MB 29ms - - IOmega Zip EX PP $199 100MB 29ms - - IOmega Zip EX SCSI $199 I'd compare tape drives, but there aren't any for IDE. I'd compare optical drives, but there aren't any for IDE. I'd compare CD-R drives, but there aren't any for IDE. I'd compare magneto-optical drives, but there aren't any for IDE. I'd compare DAT drives, but there aren't any for IDE. I'd compare RAID, but it isn't available for IDE. I'd compare striping, but of course, with only 2 drives, IDE can't compete. "IDE is cheaper than SCSI" is a myth. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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