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Re: Dumb question: Which is "better" SCSI or IDE disks?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Leonard Zhang System Administrator)
Mon Dec 7 02:22:44 1998
Date: Mon, 7 Dec 1998 09:01:19 +1000 (AEST)
From: Leonard Zhang System Administrator ISD RVIB <leonardz@rvib2.rvib.org.au>
To: David <david@kalifornia.com>
cc: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <199812052121.NAA28110@Midnight.Hacking.in.the.land.of.Kalifornia.com>
Please don't multiple post your message, I have already got it yesterday.
Leonard
On Sat, 5 Dec 1998, David wrote:
> 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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