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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yeshua.marcam.com!MathWorks.Com!news2.near.net!news.delphi.com!usenet From: John Dyson <dysonj@delphi.com> Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc Subject: Re: SCASI or IDE disk? Date: Wed, 10 Aug 94 13:56:44 -0500 Organization: Delphi (info@delphi.com email, 800-695-4005 voice) Lines: 19 Message-ID: <RW2ystE.dysonj@delphi.com> References: <salem.136.2E48D0EF@hauk.hsr.no> NNTP-Posting-Host: bos1g.delphi.com X-To: Salem, Lazaro <salem@hauk.hsr.no> Salem, Lazaro <salem@hauk.hsr.no> writes: >I am not sure about the convenience or not of buying a SCASI or an IDE disk. >I can get any of them at the same price (almost), and since I have both >IDE and SCASI controllers I wonder what other considerations shoud I take to >make my mind. Go with SCSI -- I am stuck in IDE land right now, and there ARE advantages to using a busmastering SCSI interface as opposed to a programmed I/O IDE interface (Performance.) You *could* start of with one IDE drive, but I believe that generally SCSI is the way to go. >P.S. Preferably e-mail directly to my account, to avoid noise in the net. I believe that it is ok to post responses -- so others can chime in... :-) John dyson@implode.root.com