Date: Thu, 08 Aug 1996 14:11:22 -0700 From: Scott Blachowicz <scott@statsci.com> To: "M.R.Murphy" <mrm@mole.org> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org, terryl@ienet.com Subject: Re: IDE or SCSI if only one drive Message-ID: <m0uocMV-000QYDC@main.statsci.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 07 Aug 1996 17:15:58 -0700." <199608080015.RAA01478@meerkat.mole.org> References: <199608080015.RAA01478@meerkat.mole.org>
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"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.
> 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)
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