IIRC, SCSI is also a lot less of a load on CPU, which might be a consideration depending what you're running on your server
----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt Robertson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 8:13 PM Subject: Re: What hard drive would you buy? >I have a 1/2 TB RAID that serves up roughly 400k-size images -- aout > 200k of them and counting -- to about 50 users (200dpi color-scanned > document files, multipage pdf's, megapixel digital pics, phone voice > recordings). Straight IDE and its a Raid 1, so its a worst-case > performer. It works, but when a bunch of people hit it at once the > difference in performance is quite noticeable. And if I'm running a > backup during the day the thing really takes a dump. > > I have a 100gb scsi Raid 1 also. Ultra 3 double-wide-with-a-caboose I > think. Sometimes it seems like the whole shop can hit it and you > never notice. Danged expensive, though! > > If you're going to slam it from multiple places at once, go SCSI. > Even a lower RPM SCSI would be a good choice up against IDE technology > of any, uh... stripe, I would think. > > -- > --mattRobertson-- > Janitor, MSB Web Systems > mysecretbase.com > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:202720 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=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
