> Also SCSI devices can communicate at the same time with the controller, > and can even communicate with eachother without interference of a > controller. This makes them better for concurrent requests. > That only makes them better in the case where the host CPU is burdened. Generally speaking this is not true for web servers as they are usually I/O burdened.
> Also SCSI can support more than 2 devices per channel, so you can have > more disks in your system, (and dat tape stations and cd-roms and so > on...). > Yes, but you can have as many channels as you like with either technology. > Also the cache size on SCSI disks is usually larger (eg 8Mb or even 16 > Mb instead of 2 or 4 Mb) which makes them also better in handling > concurrent requests, as this speeds up Random access. > That is not a part of either specification. You can get ATA drives with large caches. ______________________________________________________________________ Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
