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Re: Dumb question: Which is "better" SCSI or IDE disks?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Leonard Zhang System Administrator)
Sun Dec 6 11:04:08 1998
Date: Sun, 6 Dec 1998 21:03:45 +1000 (AEST)
From: Leonard Zhang System Administrator ISD RVIB <leonardz@rvib2.rvib.org.au>
To: Andy Poling <andy@globalauctions.com>
cc: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.96.981205191023.26043C-100000@roadrunner.realbig.com>
Please don't multiple post. I have already got it.
Leonard
On Sat, 5 Dec 1998, Andy Poling wrote:
> On Sat, 5 Dec 1998, Leonard Zhang System Administrator ISD RVIB wrote:
> > 1. Some hard disk manufactures are using same disk drive (physically) to
> > make SCSI and ATA. They only change the PCB board.
> >
> > 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.
>
> Wide SCSI has a 16-bit bus (though commands are still 8 bits). SCSI has
> command queueing. SCSI has disconnects.
>
> Now that's a fairer comparison...
>
> -Andy
>
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