From owner-freebsd-chat Fri May 30 08:40:57 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id IAA21339 for chat-outgoing; Fri, 30 May 1997 08:40:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from time.cdrom.com (root@time.cdrom.com [204.216.27.226]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id IAA21332 for ; Fri, 30 May 1997 08:40:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from time.cdrom.com (jkh@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by time.cdrom.com (8.8.5/8.6.9) with ESMTP id IAA12572; Fri, 30 May 1997 08:40:58 -0700 (PDT) To: Stephen McKay cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: IDE or Ultra SCSI In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 30 May 1997 22:07:35 +1000." <199705301207.WAA15894@ogre.dtir.qld.gov.au> Date: Fri, 30 May 1997 08:40:58 -0700 Message-ID: <12568.865006858@time.cdrom.com> From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Sender: owner-chat@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > So I have to keep telling myself what an investment in brain cells I have > with SCSI, how it always works (well it does for me), and how every IDE > system that I've tried to put 2 disks in, or take one drive out of, has > been such a pain that I've given up. Then I calculate my hourly rate into > the equation... You need to also calculate in the "food chain" effect if you have more than one system. I have a number of them, and it's a very nice feeling indeed to kick out a 2Gb drive from system A on some upgrade and think "Hmmm, I can put this into B, C or D.. Which needs it more?" I don't have to sweat master/slave issues, I don't have to think "Oh, this thing has already got 2 drives - guess I'll add another IDE controller or punt" and as long as I can actually fit the drive some in the case or mount it externally, I can make it work and I can make my decision based solely on which system can best benefit from the storage, not how many drives it has in it already. IDE is so limited by comparison that, well, there's just no comparison. ;-) Jordan