Hi there, Maybe you guys can advise me on some SCSI questions.
Everybody knows that SCSI is faster than IDE. Even people who don't _really_ know, still know this. This makes it hard to get some good info how much faster things really are. And sure, I can drop by MemoryExpress and drop down $800 for a SCSI adapter and harddisk (36.7GB 10 000rpm Ultra160 SCSI, 68-pin with a Adaptec SCSI Card 19160 kit) that should give me a lot more speed than my current Western Digital Caviar disk that gives me about 45 MB/sec according to hdparm (at udma5). So, at first sight, 160 MB/sec (up to that amount anyway) is a lot faster than 45 MB/sec. But how realistic is it to attain those speeds? Then of course different brands of disks. The above disc is a Fujitsu at $380. How about a $300 Seagate 36.7GB Cheetah 10K.6, Ultra320 SCSI, 68-pin. Or Maxtor has a $260 36 GB Ultra320. Lots of choice and I have no clue what to pick. There's even a nice looking Serial ATA for $214 at 10K RPM. And I know MemoryExpress isn't the cheapest. Just the only store I know of that sells SCSI. I wouldn't mind some referrals to stores that sell SCSI at better rates. I'm not opposed to buying online, as long as the company is reputable. Thanks, -- Gerard Beekmans http://www.linuxfromscratch.org http://www.beekmansworld.com // Linux Consultant --- OSDN / DevChannel // If Linux doesn't have the solution, you have the wrong problem
