Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2002 23:14:58 +0000 From: Scott Mitchell <scott.mitchell@mail.com> To: Anthony Atkielski <anthony@freebie.atkielski.com> Cc: Kevin Golding <kevin@caomhin.demon.co.uk>, Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Parts I recommend (formerly "Workstation and server-market") Message-ID: <20020106231458.E338@localhost> In-Reply-To: <003101c196e7$22763af0$0a00000a@atkielski.com>; from anthony@freebie.atkielski.com on Sun, Jan 06, 2002 at 08:19:59PM %2B0100 References: <20020105195536.27073ca2.johann@broadpark.no> <20020105170230.636999bb.matthew@starbreaker.net> <20020106071439.GE1003@raggedclown.net> <0a5b01c19683$d1087880$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <20020106121009.A338@localhost> <4JD6R5A1lFO8EwPI@caomhin.demon.co.uk> <20020106142306.C338@localhost> <003101c196e7$22763af0$0a00000a@atkielski.com>
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On Sun, Jan 06, 2002 at 08:19:59PM +0100, Anthony Atkielski wrote: > Scott writes: > > > All of our workstations are left on permanently, > > although the drives won't be doing much for half > > the day... they still die more often than the SCSI > > drives. Which is fine, really -- the SCSI drives > > cost a lot more so I expect them to last longer :-) > > Manufacturers design and build better drives for SCSI, so they tend to last > longer, but there is nothing inherent in SCSI itself that makes SCSI drives > better, noisier, or whatever. Absolutely... it wasn't my intention to imply anything about SCSI or ATA per se, merely that (because of the market segments they're selling into) a typical SCSI drive is likely to be built to be generally tougher than a typical ATA drive, and that increased noise is part of the price you pay for that toughness. There will no doubt the exceptions to prove the rule :-) Scott -- =========================================================================== Scott Mitchell | PGP Key ID | "Eagles may soar, but weasels Cambridge, England | 0x54B171B9 | don't get sucked into jet engines" scott.mitchell@mail.com | 0xAA775B8B | -- Anon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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