Date: Thu, 8 Aug 1996 18:04:14 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> To: Scott Blachowicz <scott@statsci.com> Cc: "M.R.Murphy" <mrm@mole.org>, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org, terryl@ienet.com Subject: Re: IDE or SCSI if only one drive Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.95.960808174847.4877D-100000@uplink.eng.umd.edu> In-Reply-To: <m0uocMV-000QYDC@main.statsci.com>
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On Thu, 8 Aug 1996, Scott Blachowicz wrote: > "M.R.Murphy" <mrm@Mole.ORG> wrote: > > > Lately, however, I've obtained quite acceptable performance from > > fast IDE drives with fast CPU's (486DX4/120 and up). It seems that > > the CPU gets the tranfer done quickly enough to not make the user > > responsiveness of the system too sluggish. Not too sluggish for > > me, that is. That wasn't the case with slower CPU's. IDE's cheaper, > > though perhaps not appreciably. YMMV, try both. > > "not appreciably"? I've been looking for a 2Gb disk lately and I've been > seeing IDE 2Gb drives around $300 and the cheapest I've seen for a SCSI 2Gb > drive has been around $450. I'd rather have the SCSI drive, but I don't have > that kind of budget. I've seen this point so often, I'd thought I'd comment. I paid $360 each for my two newest 2GB SCSI disks: Jul 8 22:40:11 journey2 /kernel: (ncr0:1:0): "DEC DSP3210S 442A" type 0 fixed SCSI 2 Jul 8 22:40:11 journey2 /kernel: sd1(ncr0:1:0): Direct-Access Jul 8 22:40:11 journey2 /kernel: sd1(ncr0:1:0): FAST SCSI-2 100ns (10 Mb/sec) offset 8. Jul 8 22:40:11 journey2 /kernel: 2047MB (4194303 512 byte sectors) Jul 8 22:40:12 journey2 /kernel: (ncr0:2:0): "DEC DSP3210D 442J" type 0 fixed SCSI 2 Jul 8 22:40:12 journey2 /kernel: sd2(ncr0:2:0): Direct-Access Jul 8 22:40:12 journey2 /kernel: sd2(ncr0:2:0): FAST SCSI-2 100ns (10 Mb/sec) offset 8. They're from Hi-Tech Distributors in LA, 800-406-1275. Scsi isn't always so expensive as everyone says, as long as you compare apples to apples (and not comparing the cheapest IDE quote against the most expensive SCSI quote). I have no doubt there's even cheaper out there. > > This is normally when the "SCSI is much better" argument starts. > > It is. Don't shoot. > > I agree...I think. > > Scott Blachowicz Ph: 206/283-8802x240 Mathsoft (Data Analysis Products Div) > 1700 Westlake Ave N #500 > scott@statsci.com Seattle, WA USA 98109 > Scott.Blachowicz@seaslug.org > > > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@eng.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 9120 Edmonston Ct #302 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and n3lxx, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 2.2 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------
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