From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Apr 15 15: 4:30 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from jig.ordway.org (jig.ordway.org [209.98.93.103]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E06A515075 for ; Thu, 15 Apr 1999 15:04:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cpalmer@jig.ordway.org) Received: from localhost (cpalmer@localhost) by jig.ordway.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA11844; Thu, 15 Apr 1999 17:01:44 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from cpalmer@jig.ordway.org) Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 17:01:44 -0500 (CDT) From: Christopher Palmer To: Adam Dace Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Supported Socket 7 Motherboard UDMA Chipsets ? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 12 Apr 1999, Adam Dace wrote: [snip SCSI preferred over UDMA/IDE] > And about -twice- the cost. Unfortunately I'm financing this server > out-of-pocket and as such I think $180 for 10GB of disk is a steal! On a server of any consequence, I don't think it's going to be worth it to skimp on storage. Skimp on CPU, even skimp on RAM (to a certain point), but do not skimp on storage. You can get a serviceable RAID-capable SCSI host adaptor for ~$100-150, and SCSI disks are not much more expensive than their IDE counterparts anymore, but they're still far more reliable and fast. Poke around and compare prices on Pricewatch, you'll see what I mean. If you think SCSI is expensive, consider how expensive down time and slow service is. Christopher Palmer Assistant Systems Administrator, Ordway Music Theatre cpalmer@jig.ordway.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message