In general IDE/SATA will handle your desktop and workstation needs. Only when you start creating large arrays should you really get into SCSI, or if you need something with high update.
IIRC SCSI is designed for 24 hour continuous use. IDE was designed for 11 hours of continuous use. That is the real difference. Even if you have crazy fast hard drives you have to make sure the rest of the computer can handle it, most disk controllers for home systems can't really take advantage of 10k RPM drives. We use 15k SAS drives for our SAN Stuff, and I usually buy 15k SCSI drives for the internal drives in servers. > -----Original Message----- > From: Jerry Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, October 14, 2005 10:10 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: hard drive question > > The difference is - you pay your video hardware habit out of > commercial dollars. I am trying to fund them as a hobby! > > 10000 rpm scsi is about all I can afford. > > I will admit, though, I am finding that on modern machines the 7200 > rpm ide drives are doing fine for much of the video/audio/multimedia > work. > > On 10/14/05, Jacob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Some of the SCSI U320 run at 15,000 RPMs. And with 8MB cache, they fly! > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jerry Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 7:29 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: hard drive question > > > > If it is an older laptop, make sure it has USB 2. USB 1 transfer rates > > are painfully slow. > > > > 4200 is typical for laptops > > 5400 is typical for older desktops and newer/faster laptops. > > 7200 is typical for newer desktops. It is considered pretty fast. > > 10000 is what I spec for any video editing or audio editing work. > > > > On 10/13/05, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > damn, i should jump on this then. It's an older laptopn, just wanted > to > > make > > > sure the drive wasn't antique. > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:177066 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
