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Article #333Re: SCSI/IDE and RAID [Was: 120 gb is the Largest hard drive I can put in my 4550?]
From: That Guy
Date: Fri, 05 Dec 2003 22:25
Date: Fri, 05 Dec 2003 22:25
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"Rod Speed" <rod_speed@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:bqosd5$25fd2e$1@ID-69072.news.uni-berlin.de... > > David H. Lipman <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote > in message news:WoOzb.8088$t87.2270@nwrdny02.gnilink.net... > > > How many RAID 5 systems have you > > setup and how often have you used SCSI ? > > All completely and utterly irrelevant to that basic value for money > question being discussed with normal desktop systems. Agreed. Using SCSI drives on a home system is like chartering an airplane to take you across the street. IDE drives are fast enough and reliable enough, especially with the security of RAID 5. SCSI drives might be a few percent faster, but can cost more than twice as much.
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