Matt Garman <garman@raw-sewage.net> writes:
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These (completely un-rigorous) tests seem to suggest that the
performance margin between SCSI and IDE isn't as great as the price
margin. Depending on the feedback I get, I might do some more
testing. Does anyone have any ideas/suggestions/thoughts on how I can
achieve some more data? E.g., other methods, other programs,
...anything that doesn't involve buying stuff :)
Although the IDE/SCSI performance margin has narrowed significantly in
the past few years, SCSI still has other advantages, such as allowing up
to 15 devices per channel. My main workstation has 7 SCSI devices
which, if they were IDE, would require 4(!) IDE channels.
Performance isn't everything...