From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Jul 23 10:45:37 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id KAA02519 for hardware-outgoing; Wed, 23 Jul 1997 10:45:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id KAA02510 for ; Wed, 23 Jul 1997 10:45:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id DAA10653; Thu, 24 Jul 1997 03:14:55 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199707231744.DAA10653@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: building RAID systems In-Reply-To: <199707231711.MAA06690@compound.east.sun.com> from Tony Kimball at "Jul 23, 97 12:11:35 pm" To: Anthony.Kimball@East.Sun.COM Date: Thu, 24 Jul 1997 03:14:55 +0930 (CST) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, Anthony.Kimball@East.Sun.COM, kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de, sos@sos.freebsd.dk, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Tony Kimball stands accused of saying: > : 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. > > This 'corresponding IDE model' argument has been used before. I find > it utterly specious. In this particular case, the two units have the same chamber assembly and share about half the logic on the PWA. I would be inclined to say that this qualifies as "corresponding IDE model". > I have been hoping for a long time that things would change, that > SCSI drives would come in line with IDE price/performance. Instead, > the situation is getting worse and worse. In general, this has been the case. My point is simply that there are some indications that this is changing. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[