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Subject: Re: building RAID systems
In-Reply-To: <7669.869677218@time.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at "Jul 23, 97 10:00:18 am"
To: jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard)
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 1997 19:53:25 +0200 (MEST)
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In reply to Jordan K. Hubbard who wrote:
> > Actually, you should go back and look at what SCSI drive prices are
> > doing at the moment.  I can get a 5400 RPM 4GB ultra scsi IBM disk for
> > less than 30% more than the corresponding IDE model.  IBM's pricing is
> > pretty keen at the moment.
> 
> I think the original poster's comments are still well taken, and we
> need to keep supporting SCSI so that we can get the price/perf ratio
> back on our side of the fence! ;-).
> 
> For example, I was pretty flabbergasted to see the following prices at
> the Price Club yesterday (a local superstore which buys things in bulk
> and sells them to members, "things" being everything from computers
> and russian night-vision devices to Kayaks and wood burning stoves):
> 
> 	IDE 6.1 GB drive:  $549
> 	IDE 3.6 GB drive:  $340

Hmm, here in DK land you get a 4GB for US$ 320, 7GB for US$ 520, both
quantity 1. This is normal shop prices.

> If Joe Blow is looking for capacity over speed, it's hard to see how
> he'll be able to resist deals like that in favor of SCSI options.
> 
> Sigh. :-(

Amen.., but for a single user system EIDE drives works pretty well....

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