From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 8 3:24:34 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from omnix.net (omnix.net [195.154.168.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id EF54814C1C for ; Mon, 8 Nov 1999 03:24:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from didier@omnix.net) Received: (qmail 5687 invoked by uid 200); 8 Nov 1999 11:24:29 -0000 Received: from localhost (sendmail-bs@127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 8 Nov 1999 11:24:29 -0000 Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1999 11:24:29 +0000 (GMT) From: Didier Derny To: Colin Campbell Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SCSI v IDE In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG hi, I think that IDE disks are ok for workstations but when you want a fast server, SCSI is right solution. On Thu, 4 Nov 1999, Colin Campbell wrote: > Hi, > > I am looking at putting together a web server/cache system. At the moment > I am torn between say $2500 for an IDE-based system or $3500 for a SCSI > system. The system is PIII, with memory (of course :-) and 2x9GB disk for > web only or 2x18GB if I add cache. > > I have read in many places that SCSI is "better" (due to the ability of > the controller to issue multiple commands to the disks). But if I have two > IDEs, each on its own controller is there any real performance benefit > with SCSI, assuming the disks are similar in performance characteristics? > > Colin > -- > Colin Campbell > Unix Support/Postmaster/Hostmaster > CITEC > +61 7 3227 7112 > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message