From owner-freebsd-isp Tue Jan 7 08:01:26 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id IAA27260 for isp-outgoing; Tue, 7 Jan 1997 08:01:26 -0800 (PST) Received: from pinky.junction.net (pinky.junction.net [199.166.227.12]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with SMTP id IAA27254 for ; Tue, 7 Jan 1997 08:01:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from sidhe.memra.com (sidhe.memra.com [199.166.227.105]) by pinky.junction.net (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id IAA21635; Tue, 7 Jan 1997 08:18:37 -0800 Received: from localhost (michael@localhost) by sidhe.memra.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id HAA20605; Tue, 7 Jan 1997 07:56:59 -0800 Date: Tue, 7 Jan 1997 07:56:58 -0800 (PST) From: Michael Dillon To: Charles Reese cc: isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: News on FreeBSD In-Reply-To: <1.5.4.32.19970107135737.0066ecec@chem.duke.edu> Message-ID: Organization: Memra Software Inc. - Internet consulting MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 7 Jan 1997, Charles Reese wrote: > I am also interested in setting up News and at the risk of getting roasted I > would like to ask if anyone has used a multiple PC/FreeBSD system using IDE > drives. For the same price as the SCSI system one could get 3- 486s each > with 2 enhanced IDEs. > > I'm ducking now, *sizzle* Mmmm, roast duck! Nobody uses IDE drives on servers of any sort. The side effect of this is that the drive manufacturers have somewhat higher internal quality standards for SCSI drive models even when the physical mechanism is identical to the IDE model. Of course, this doesn't always mean they are perfect, but it helps to make SCSI drives last longer under a thrashing. And in a news server, thrashing is what they will get. Michael Dillon - Internet & ISP Consulting Memra Software Inc. - Fax: +1-604-546-3049 http://www.memra.com - E-mail: michael@memra.com