the ATA has a higher RPM than the SCSI Which Results in a faster hard drive.
However SCSI still (and prbably always will) has a higher transfer rate.
But the decision to use ATA over SCSI is a sound one beingg that they are so
much more economical and plentyfull.
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>From: James Thrasher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (PCI PowerMacs)
>Subject: Re: Internal SCSI
>Date: Sat, Jul 21, 2001, 9:29 AM
>
> Jeff,
> Are you using a adapter card in a pci slot to run the
> ATA drive? I've been looking into this option as well
> for my 7250 server model, but I've only got 3 slots.
> Right now my plan is to use one for my sonnet g3/g4
> upgrade (my model uses a pci slot), one for firewire
> and usb capability (combo card), and another for a
> video card upgrade. I was wondering because right now
> USB isn't OSX supported on our models and the only
> reason I wanted the firewire was for external hd
> space. Do you, or does anybody, think it's better to
> forgot the old internal scsi, and usb/firewire for a
> larger ata drive?
>
> James
> --- "Gunn, Jeff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> I just installed a Seagate 9.1 gb SCSI drive, 50
>> pin, 7200 spindle. Norton
>> tells me this drive is about 15% slower than my
>> Maxtor 8.4 gb ATA drive. I
>> was somewhat surprised. The install went fine, and
>> there are many narrow
>> scsi drives on eBay and certainly other vendors have
>> some older models on
>> sale. My next drive will be another ATA that is in
>> the dozens of GB sizes,
>> and will forego any future SCSI drives, due I guess
>> to the slow SCSI
>> interface of my 6400.
>>
>> Jeff
>> 6400
>>
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