Re: IDE vs. SCSI

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From: Iskandar Taib
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 18:31

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In article <1993Jan7.200509.3989@netcom.com> moses@netcom.com (Alex Jauch) writes:

>So if speed is your concern, I'd say SCSI is your answer.

The corollary to this, of course, is that if money is a problem, 
IDE is your answer.

The way I look at it is that if you want lots of drives, super large
drives and very fast transfer rates SCSI is the answer, but you'll 
need lots of moolah for it. 

If you need a 80-300 meg hard drive for a one-user clone, IDE is a 
perfectly good choice. Transfer rates, while not as fast as _potential_
Wide-and/or-Fast SCSI-II rates, are high enough. Couple an IDE drive
to a local bus controller and it can actually scream, though admittedly 
not as hard as what you'd get with good SCSI.

In the same price range you'll be stuck with a cheap ISA pseudo-SCSI
adapter card.




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