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- From: poffen@sj.ate.slb.com (Russ Poffenberger)
- Subject: Re: IDE vs. SCSI
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- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 93 22:37:18 GMT
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- Carl Heinzl (carl@Cayman.COM) wrote:
- :
- : >>So if speed is your concern, I'd say SCSI is your answer.
- :
- : >The corollary to this, of course, is that if money is a problem,
- : >IDE is your answer.
- :
- : >The way I look at it is that if you want lots of drives, super large
- : >drives and very fast transfer rates SCSI is the answer, but you'll
- : >need lots of moolah for it.
- :
- : I absolutely agree. The one caveat is that, should you plan to add a
- : second disk to your system it is advisable to buy from the same
- : manufacturer. You will almost definitely have less problems this way.
- :
-
- Nut if you ever plan on adding stuff in the forseeable future, then SCSI is
- cheaper in the long run. You cn add CDROM, tape, more disk, etc, without
- having to add more adapter cards, and chewing up your precious IRQ's and
- stuff.
-
- I have 3 disks, CDROM, and tape on my Adaptec 1542b. Best investment I
- ever made on my system.
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