Re: OT: SCSI better than IDE?
On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 10:53:11 -0800, Marc Wilson wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 29, 2003 at 11:39:52AM -0500, Bijan Soleymani wrote:
>> This is no longer true. Most current IDE controllers support various
>> DMA schemes. Like ATA-100, ATA-133, etc. So with IDE the controller
>> now bypasses the CPU too.
>
> DMA isn't the issue. Bandwidth is. As long as only one IDE device on a
> chain can be performing a command at a given moment, SCSI will always win.
>
> Whether the *battle* is something you care about... that's for you to
> decide.
Which is why I restricted my comments to PCs only. With a single user PC,
it is extremely unlikely to make a significant difference
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....................paul
It's working as coded.
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