Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sat, 28 Sep 1996 21:06:50 -0400 | From | "Steven N. Hirsch" <> | Subject | Re: Please Advise: SCSI vs. IDE (fwd) |
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Marko Siladin wrote: > > >
> > Christoph Lameter wrote: > > > > > > Stay away from SCSI at all. Its complicated, slow and fails often. IDE drives > > > are easier to troubleshoot and the usually work. IDE drives are faster. > > >
> > > > SCSI, on the other hand, has been absolutely and utterly reliable. My > > 486/100 EISA box with Adaptec 2742 SCSI bussmaster adapter just blows > > the doors off a Pentium 90 box when subjected to my standard I/O test > > suite. It's quite subjective, but you attempt to simultaneously: > >
> This is a tough issue. It really it really depends on several things. > 1) If your controller is a busmastering SCSI controller - I believe that > the 1542 is not (but I might be wrong)
You are. It is.
Steve
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