Re: Dumb question: Which is "better" SCSI or IDE disks?

[David]

Reply to mail from Leonard Zhang System Administrator ISD RVIB about Dumb question: 
Which is "better" SCSI or IDE disks?
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> 2. SCSI-1 and SCSI-2 have 8 bit data bus, while ATA have 16 bit data bus.
> 3. ATA got disk cache built in as well.
> 4. Some low end of SCSI host card is only 8 Bit card.

if you want to compare, compare time relative.  use current technology; 
udma ata with fast differential u/w scsi.

i can assuredly say a udma ide is better than a 20meg scsi-1 drive as
well. :P

-d
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