Thanks Steve for the GREAT ! answer ... absolutely CLEAR and effective . BTW .. you say : >I would say disk speed is next important to memory size. SCSI best but very >expensive, >followed by IDE RAID, but with a large cache a decent sized 7200rpm disk >would be adequate - particularly for files 60Mb or less.
I have just bought 4 x IBM SCSI-3 18GB 10Krpm for 95$ each ... new sealed and under 3 years warranty ... there many other available on eBay cause IBM is today producing U-160 ONLY ! ... so previous technology is going cheaper and cheaper till availability will last. Also ... I have bought a MYLEX AcceleRAID Ultra SCSI (40MB/s sustained) for 48.00 $ also on eBay from same seller .... Many other are available , but NOT MYLEX U-160 ... TOO EXPENSIVE ! ;o) ... Today my system is using the other way round ... i.e. Adaptec 29160 + 3 x IBM U-160 no-raid .... also bought on eBay and 1 of them (very expensive LIST price ) swapped by IBM because crashed under warranty after 1 year of work (it was 3 years ago technology / production ... faulty !) . The disk has been changed in Europe despite it was bought (eBay) in USA and manufactured in Singapore ..... almost the only good thing coming from globalization (together with Internet) ;o) .... Thanks for your advices ! Sincerely. Ezio www.lucenti.com e-photography site ICQ: 139507382 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Greenbank" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 9:26 AM Subject: [filmscanners] Re: Building PCs ... the RAM. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body