Date: Wed, 23 Jul 1997 10:00:18 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Cc: Anthony.Kimball@East.Sun.COM, kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de, sos@sos.freebsd.dk, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: building RAID systems Message-ID: <7669.869677218@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 24 Jul 1997 01:28:43 %2B0930." <199707231558.BAA09859@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
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> Actually, you should go back and look at what SCSI drive prices are > doing at the moment. I can get a 5400 RPM 4GB ultra scsi IBM disk for > less than 30% more than the corresponding IDE model. IBM's pricing is > pretty keen at the moment. I think the original poster's comments are still well taken, and we need to keep supporting SCSI so that we can get the price/perf ratio back on our side of the fence! ;-). For example, I was pretty flabbergasted to see the following prices at the Price Club yesterday (a local superstore which buys things in bulk and sells them to members, "things" being everything from computers and russian night-vision devices to Kayaks and wood burning stoves): IDE 6.1 GB drive: $549 IDE 3.6 GB drive: $340 If Joe Blow is looking for capacity over speed, it's hard to see how he'll be able to resist deals like that in favor of SCSI options. Sigh. :-( Jordan
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