IDE/ATAPI drive? Unless money is really tight, don't go for anything but SCSI. SCSI is a much more flexible solution, and generally faster, less CPU-intensive, and more compatible. (Your mileage may vary; personally I have no experience with how well UltraDMA works on Linux. It may be dandy for all I know.) Traditionally SCSI drives have been more advanced than their IDE/ATAPI counterparts because they have been made to sit in servers. Compare the MTBFs on a typical IDE drive with that of a SCSI drive and you'll easily spot which one was "built to last". -- Alexander Staubo http://www.mop.no/~alex/ "QED?" said Russell. "It's Latin," said Morgan. "It means, 'So there you bastard'." --Robert Rankin, _Nostramadus Ate My Hamster_
-----Original Message----- From: Tom Deprez [mailto:tom.deprez@uz.kuleuven.ac.be] Sent: 18. august 1999 15:00 To: zope@zope.org Subject: [Zope] HD
Somebody already experience with Maxtor DiamondMax 6800 27 GB Harddrives on Linux?
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On Wed, 18 Aug 1999, Alexander Staubo wrote:
IDE/ATAPI drive? Unless money is really tight, don't go for anything but Absolutly right ;) Only the really tight isn't appropiate anymore nowadays :(, I've just calculated the ratio for big discs, and it comes to 2.73 :(
36400MB IBM DRHS-336400LVD 2.85 cent/MB 25000MB IBM DJNA-352500 Janus 1.04 cent/MB I know, you get completely two different kinds of discs, but both basically store data. So, my formulation is, use SCSI if money is a secondary consideration. (Which is often the case. :) )
SCSI. SCSI is a much more flexible solution, and generally faster, less CPU-intensive, and more compatible. That is not really true. Well done DMA is about the same level than SCSI, IMHE, but SCSI is still superior in being able to post more than one command in pararrell.
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