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Date:	Fri, 29 Aug 2003 14:07:43 PDT7
From:	"Harry Motin" <hmotin@sbcglobal.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	"J. R. Fox" <jr_fox@pacbell.net > ,
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Re: SCSI

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J. R.:

Diddo to all you said.

Early on (read that as waaaay back when) I updated my system from the installed IDE
to an Adaptec 2940UW SCSI system. I was very happy with it performance-wise over
the IDE systems of that time. Later on, when I got a new system, IDE performance had
improved. It was about equal to my 2940UW system, so I tried that for a while. At that
time I did not want to invest the money for a SCSI 160 HD. However, SCSI systems
have reduced in price and I eventually went back to an all SCSI HD at the 160 level. I
still use IDE for the CD's. I agree that the 10K versus 7.2K speed makes a sizeable
difference in performance
HCM

On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 11:28:58 PDT7, J. R. Fox wrote:

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>HCM wrote:
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>> I now have an Adaptec 29160 card and two (2) 160 SCSI HD's. I'm very happy with
the
>> speed, access time and performance. It beats anything on the IDE side (I've used
>> DISKIO.EXE and SYSBENCH.EXE to test and monitor my previous IDE setup and
my
>> now SCSI system).
>
>I've had a major investment in SCSI for a long time (talking setup, usage, and
performance
>here -- as much as in the $$ sense). Nearly all the devices in my system are SCSI. It
may be
>that today's IDE or USB 2.0 have eaten SCSI's lunch re things like CD or DVD drives,
or
>external devices. But, when I went looking for a hard drive for a new system, I went to
the
>webstores of three *major* companies, such as CDW, and, among their pages of
product listings
>from various mfr.s, I could not find even one IDE type that was faster than 7200 RPM !
Even
>the few SATA drives they had were 7200s. Well, the hell with that -- I've been using
10K RPM
>drives for the last few years. I would imagine that Seagate or one of the others *must*
make some
>
>high-performance drives that aren't SCSI, but I never made it to the mfr. sites to be
sure. I
>just
>decided to stick with SCSI.
>
>I don't know if SCSI hard drives are still much better in the M.T.B.F. / reliability area,
which
>was
>once the case. But what I found suggests to me the possibility that SCSI still holds the
high
>ground,
>when it comes to quality and performance.
>
>Jordan
>
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