Date: Tue, 12 Dec 1995 20:02:36 -0500 (EST) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@freebsd.org> To: Charles Tassell <ctassell@isn.net> Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SCSI vs EIDE Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.951212200040.16646E-100000@Aspen.Woc.Atinc.COM> In-Reply-To: <199512121028.GAA15284@phoenix.isn.net>
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On Tue, 12 Dec 1995, Charles Tassell wrote: > I'm setting up an ISP for a guy who REALLY wants to use EIDE 4 drives > (transfer rate around 12 meg/s I think he said) Now considering the fact that > all PCI boards come with build in EIDE controllers in them, why is everyone so > big on SCSI? (e)ide nags the hell out of the cpu. look mommy i got another block! oh, oh, oh, and now i have another. scsi, especially with decent sized on-drive cache and tagged queuing, justs reads the data and then says "ahem, i have your 400 kB here" jmb Jonathan M. Bresler FreeBSD Postmaster jmb@FreeBSD.ORG play go. ride bike. hack FreeBSD.--ah the good life i am moving to a new job. PLEASE USE: jmb@FreeBSD.ORG
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