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

[Leonard Zhang System Administrator ISD RVIB]

Please don't multiple post.  I have already got it.

Leonard


On Sat, 5 Dec 1998, Andy Poling wrote:

> On Sat, 5 Dec 1998, Leonard Zhang System Administrator ISD RVIB wrote:
> > 1. Some hard disk manufactures are using same disk drive (physically) to
> > make SCSI and ATA.  They only change the PCB board.
> > 
> > 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.
> 
> Wide SCSI has a 16-bit bus (though commands are still 8 bits).  SCSI has
> command queueing.  SCSI has disconnects.
> 
> Now that's a fairer comparison...
> 
> -Andy
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