Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 08:14:50 -0500 From: Karl Denninger <karl@Denninger.Net> To: Palle Girgensohn <girgen@partitur.se>, freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Will IDE disks impact SCSI or system performance? Message-ID: <19990518081450.A2902@Denninger.Net> In-Reply-To: <37416684.64A54C87@partitur.se>; from Palle Girgensohn on Tue, May 18, 1999 at 03:09:24PM %2B0200 References: <37416684.64A54C87@partitur.se>
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On Tue, May 18, 1999 at 03:09:24PM +0200, Palle Girgensohn wrote: > Hi! > > Our main internal server, FreeBSD 3.2b with five large SCSI disks, > running vinum and softupdates etc... It fast, and we're happy. It runs > both filesharing (mainly NFS) and applications. > > Now some guys here are interested in having a large archive with > not-so-important data (read mp3 files...) and suggest a large IDE disk > for almost no money at all. > > My question: will an IDE disk in a now SCSI-only system impact > performance for the rest of the system? > > Thanks! > Palle Why not just add another SCSI disk? They're almost as cheap as IDE these days. If you really want to do IDE, you can, but you might have fun with the system trying to boot from it - which would be a pain in the ass. -- -- Karl Denninger (karl@denninger.net) Web: fathers.denninger.net I ain't even *authorized* to speak for anyone other than myself, so give up now on trying to associate my words with any particular organization. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message
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