Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Fri, 14 Jun 1996 22:20:38 +0000 (GMT) | From | Jeff Johnson <> | Subject | Re: SCSI vs IDE swapping |
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On Fri, 14 Jun 1996, Alan Cox wrote:
> > A good scsi controller (like the 2842) has swapping properties looking like > this > > > CPU: humm need to swap > CPU: queue this page, this page this page... controller - go do it > DISK: OK > > IDE is > > CPU: humm need to swap > CPU: this page > DISK: data ? > CPU: copy copy copy copy copy copy > > So while IDE may be very fast all the time one process is swapping out isnt > available to others (which is very bad as busy processes swap idle ones out) > > Note that the triton IDE is far far better. > > Alan >
I use Triton IDE... what would a SCSI advantage be?
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