> -----Original Message----- > From: Connie DeCinko [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 3:43 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: What hard drive would you buy? > > If you had to chose between two hard drives, which one would you buy? > > Assume, same brand, same 7200 RPM speed, same price. > > One is an 80GB SATA, the other a 200GB IDE. > > Go for speed or space? and does SATA really gain you anything over IDE, > in > terms of server use and again in a high end workstation.
Personally I always go with space. The differences between SATA and IDE (fast IDE, mind) rarely show up in real world situations. There are situations were you need the fastest possible drive no matter what, but they're far and few between. Besides, for the price you could get two IDE drives and a RAID 0/1 controller and stripe them for performance and still pay less than a single SATA drive for the same size. ;^) I've got four 200 Gig IDE drives in a RAID 0+1 array in my work station - 400 Gig of fast redundant storage for less than $0.90 a Gig. My server has two 20 Gig and two 80 Gig drives in two mirrored arrays. The sense of security you get from mirroring (especially after the first time it saves your ass) can't be overstated. ;^) Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:202652 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
