> I totally agree about the price being insane. Some people swear by > SCSI usually having better quality parts, no idea on how much that > corresponds to the truth tho.
I believe that all it comes down to, is quality assurance for SCSI (hence the price difference). How many DOA or failed SCSI disks have you seen in your life? Then how about ATA (especially in the last couple years)? I've had only 2 failed SCSI disks. One was an insanely old IBM model DCHS, which could have lived hadn't I messed with it: pulled it out from the server to make a backup(!), hooked it up to another controller, and the interface ASIC blew up in smoke; fortunately, I was able to get another one of those, and by swapping the PCB I was saved. The other one is ModusLnk 137Gb U320, which are refurbished Fujitsu MAU units, which were designed as ATA-class disks with SCSI interface anyway. It developed bad sectors (found out by SMART), and I'm still using it. > / Jonas Lund [SorAlx] ridin' VN1500-B2 _______________________________________________ freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
