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Re: Dumb question: Which is "better" SCSI or IDE disks?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David)
Sun Dec 6 07:15:34 1998
Date: Sat, 5 Dec 1998 13:21:51 -0800
From: David <david@kalifornia.com>
To: leonardz@rvib2.rvib.org.au
Cc: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
Reply-To: david@kalifornia.com
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SCO.3.96.981205112429.18969A-100000@rvib2.rvib.org.au>
Reply to mail from Leonard Zhang System Administrator ISD RVIB about Dumb question: Which is "better" SCSI or IDE disks?
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> 2. SCSI-1 and SCSI-2 have 8 bit data bus, while ATA have 16 bit data bus.
> 3. ATA got disk cache built in as well.
> 4. Some low end of SCSI host card is only 8 Bit card.
if you want to compare, compare time relative. use current technology;
udma ata with fast differential u/w scsi.
i can assuredly say a udma ide is better than a 20meg scsi-1 drive as
well. :P
-d
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