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see.my.sig.4.addr@no.damn.spam.com wrote in article
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> On Sun, 30 Nov 1997 13:55:25 GMT, bob@lintilla.demon.co.uk (Bob
> Cousins) wrote:
> 
> >In demon.tech.pc, Zypher wrote:
> >
> >>UltraDMA (the latest standard-forget EIDE also known as Ultra ATA or
Ultra
> >>33) can give a 33mb/sec transfer rate...but in real life its about
> >>20mb/sec-not bad.
> >>
> >>If you want real speed-go with Ultrawide AV SCSI or higher like I have
> >>(true 40mb/sec contionous, used for video capture, servers and the
like)
> >
> >It's funny how people with SCSI systems often seek to put down EIDE, and
at the
> >same time make ridiculous performance claims for SCSI. Maybe its because
they
> >have paid twice as much for their disk storage, and feel a need to
justify its
> >cost, even if by inventing performance figures?
> >
> >If the Seagate Cheetah can do 14-21 MB/sec, I doubt you are seeing
continuous
> >40MB/sec. The fact is in a typical workstation, SCSI offers little or no
benefit
> >to the overall performance of the system. If you don't believe me, see
> >http://www8.zdnet.com/pcmag/pclabs/report/r960702a.htm.
> 
> With a single HDD running a single app, sure EIDE is going to be the
> same.  The difference is that SCSI is multithreading. 

So is busmastering EIDE so long as only one device per cable is active
simultaneously.

Regards,

Ron Reaugh