🚀 go-pugleaf

Charles M. Kozierok <ixl@PCGuide.com> wrote in article
<661a2l$89q$1@usenet11.supernews.com>...
> In article <66171n$ltq@bgtnsc03.worldnet.att.net>,
> Ron Reaugh <Ron-Reaugh@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> } 
> } Jason <jneus@prodigy.net> wrote in article
> } <34824337.CAA79322@prodigy.net>...
> } >     Are we a little hostile?    I don't have a degree in computer
> } science, but
> } > let me share what my impressions about SCSI are.  I will agree that
most
> } drives
> } > (EIDE vs. SCSI) are fairly equal in real world performance.  However,
I
> } was
> } > under the impression that since SCSI interfaces only use a fraction
of
> } the CPU
> } > cycles that IDE interfaces use, SCSI devices are preferable when
doing
> } CPU
> } > intensive operations, as the controller handles most of the work
without
> } the
> } > CPU's help.
> } 
> } Busmastering EIDE levels that playing field.
> 
> They most certainly do not. Busmastering IDE is a bloody joke--
> it causes more problems than it solves for a large number of users,
> and they don't address most of the other advantages that SCSI has
> over IDE.
> 
> The newsgroups are filled with stories of problems related to these
> damn drivers, and most people see no real-world improvement with them
> anyway.

Some do have problems with busmastering EIDE but otherwise you're just flat
mistaken.

Regards,

Ron Reaugh