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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!paladin.american.edu!02-newsfeed.univie.ac.at!01-newsfeed.univie.ac.at!Austria.EU.net!EU.net!enews.sgi.com!news.mathworks.com!uunet!in3.uu.net!news.reference.com!cnn.nas.nasa.gov!news From: Paul Newhouse <pimin@diac.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: SCSI or IDE hard drive/CD-ROM Date: Wed, 21 Aug 1996 22:19:35 -0700 Organization: NAS Lines: 31 Message-ID: <321BEDE7.6F5992E1@diac.com> References: <Pine.SOL.3.93.960815214948.23515A-100000@bmec.hscbklyn.edu> <32191C43.7566F4CF@diac.com> <SCOTT.96Aug21121322@crux.dcs.qmw.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: wanker.nas.nasa.gov Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0b4 (X11; I; BSD/386 uname failed) Scott Mitchell wrote: >>Paul Newhouse <pimin@diac.com> writes: >> David Zakai wrote: >> Is it a mistake to use 2 gigabyte EIDE drive with FreeBSD >>> instead of 2.1 gig SCSI drive? >>> The EIDE system is several hundred dollars cheaper. >> >> How much performance can your pocket book handle??? > Several *hundred* dollars! Beat your supplier over the head with a > big stick until he sees sense! Although now that I think about it > that might be the additional cost of the SCSI controller, right? > Seriously, if you can afford it go for the SCSI option. A machine > that fast deserves the best. Seriously, think about what the disk is for. Are you going to use it heavily? If so SCSI makes more sense AND more $$$. We have several machines with IDE disks only. They are used as workstations (read mail, news, log on to other machines, and other such light usage tasks). The additional cost of SCSI is less sensible (to us) than more memory. How much memory can one buy with "several hundred dollars"? Don't get me wrong I lust after the bigger, faster, sexier do-dads like many others. If you got the bucks and there's nothing else you're thinking about getting (or sacrificing) get the SCSI and don't look back. Just some thoughts, Paul