Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 02 Jun 1997 23:19:28 +1000 | From | Lawrence Chim <> | Subject | Re: SCSI disks |
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Well...IDE may beat SCSI if IDE support Disconnect/Reconnect at least.
W. Reilly Cooley wrote: > > I hate to continue to beat this subject into the ground, but exactly what are > SCSI hard drives considered to the superior to IDE? According to the fellow > who wrote "Upgrading and Repairing PCs" (who, as a PC technician, I don't > wholly trust), SCSI hard disks a mostly IDE disks with an additional SCSI > interface, (ie, the head-disk-assembly is the same, and most of the control > electronics.) Does SCSI provide additional commands which permit finer > tuning and/or error prevention/correction than IDE? > > It seems to be generally considered that SCSI is superior to IDE, but from > this guy's writing (excepting for multiple devices on the SCSI bus or really > fast HDs) SCSI provides no benefit. Pls. someone cursorily clarify. > > Wil > ------------------------------------------------------------- > W. Reilly Cooley > NakedApe Consulting & Navi.Net representative > 1509 NE 10th Ave., #104 Portland, OR 97232 > 503 287-2165 wcooley@navi.net > www.navi.net/~wcooley www.navi.net/~nakedape > > As a service, I provide analysis for viruses and poor grammar to senders > of unsolicited commercial e-mail at a rate of US$250 per hour. Delivery of > said correspondence constitutes a request for the aforementioned services > at said price.
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