>At 1:27 PM -0500 2/7/2003, P.F.Grenier wrote: > >SCSI drives, especially now, tend to be server oriented and are higher >performance. So even at the same spindle speed they may have a more >powerful head positioning drive which makes for more heat.
Don't forget that the SCSI controller only does 5MB/s buffer-to-host, and the IDE controller, IIRC, does PIO mode 2 at best, which would be ~8MB/s buffer-to-host. IMHO, 7200RPM drives would be a waste of money on these machines. You might see the 5-10% difference on an ATA-4,5 machine, but that's with a controller that can do 66-100MB/s buffer-to-host (theoretical max, of course). I have found that older SCSI drives (this doesn't apply to narrow drives, since they were designed more with desktop usage in mind) usually have a shorter useful life than IDE drives. This relates directly to their intended use. Wide SCSI drives have usually been used in a server setting, i.e. they have been used in disk-intensive applications for long periods of time. IMHO, that is usually why they produce more heat: they are normally past their useful life. I am speaking of used drives, so if they are new, please disregard. So, for SCSI drives, excuse the cliche, you are stuck between a rock and a hard place. Finding larger capacity narrow drives is difficult, and using wide drives with a converter will most likely result in a higher failure rate. As for IDE, I think you would be best suited purchasing 5400RPM, ATA-33 (UDMA-2) drives, somewhere between 5-8GB. The Western Digital 16400 series is one of the most popular I've seen. I also use Seagate's ST364xxA Medalist series. Please don't forget that on 68k machines you cannot boot from HFS+ partitions. So your boot partition cannot be larger than 2GB. But that doesn't mean you can't format the rest of it in HFS+, as long as you are using MacOS 8! _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail -- Quadlist is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Quadlist info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/quadlist.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> 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]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/quadlist%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
