[COMP] Re: Scsi Vs. Ide Hard-drives!
- To: computers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 21:44:18 -0500
> Hi ...Can someone explain the pros/cons and what exactly are Scsi vs. Ide
> hard drives? I have an option if I configure my own pc to get either one. I
> have NO idea what the difference is and what each ones advantages or
> disadvantages are. Also..the same pertaining to PCI Win modems as opposed to
> Fax Controller modems. I had a bad time with a pci modem a while back, so I
> hesitate to have a PCI modem installed.
SCSI = Really, really, really good, wish I had lots of it.
IDE = Good enough, but slow and inefficient, which I had less of it.
I'd take this one straight to whatis.com and have a look for the tech
definitions rather than me duplicating the effort here... Basically, SCSI is
very fast, and SCSI busses are more efficient, since multiple drives can be
read/written to at once, which can't happen on IDE. Unfortunately, it's very
expensive. IDE's slower, but costs a bunch less, and the speed gap is quite
narrowed with the ATA-66 standard and IDE drives that run at 7200 RPM.
John
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