> >> ATA were never designed to > >> run in a 24/7 server environment (SCSI was designed for that). > > > >But supposedly, there is no difference between the two kinds of drives > >except for interface. In other words, they use the same drive mechanisms... > >But different connections to the computer... Am I right or wrong?
> Popular consensus of today that is correct. MFR use the same > assembly with different interfaces attached. I don't know when this > became popular (with the onset of the 3.5 low profile larger sized > drives of recent years). This is rarely so. Many high RPM and other higher end SCSI drives are completely different. I am sure there are some components that are reused among drives after all how hard is it to goof up a magnet? Some manufacturers like Western Digital (whom no longer make SCSI drives) used to use the same internals and it showed as their SCSI drives were just as awful as their IDE junk. Other large makers like Seagate used to have some drives that shared components too but as IDE drives get bigger (in GB that is) there is less of this. You just don't see 15K RPM on IDE all that much. I have had lots of drives come through my hands in various computers that I have owned and not one IDE drive I ever ran has survived more than 2 years. I have SCSI drives that are 10+ years old and still work great. I also run my own services (WWW, DNS, mail) and my servers are running 24/7 with SCSI drives and I have only ever had one drive fail in 4 years on the 5 servers I run. The short is IDE is mostly junk IMHO. The 'I' in IDE should mean inexpensive. Just fine for a cheap desktop box but certainly not for production use. -- Mike N These opinions are mine. You are welcome to share then but I will want them back. ;) -- Power Computing is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Power Computing list info: <http://lowendmac.com/power/list.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powercomputing%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
