[Cialug] SATA v. SCSI

[Daniel A. Ramaley]

On Thursday 11 May 2006 16:37, Nathan C. Smith wrote:
>It boils down to this:  assuming you have a good SATA controller or a
> good SCSI controller, are the disk subsystems going to be on par with
> each other? Can SATA be seriously considered as a replacement for
> SCSI yet?

I was going to ask a question like this soon. One of the reasons that 
i've been happy (until now) with my 8-year old computer is that it has 
SCSI disks. The original 8-year old drive is still the main system 
drive. It is very fast for its age, and never taxes the CPU (unlike 
older IDE drives). What i was going to inquire about is if anyone has 
experience with both SATA and SCSI, which seems more reliable and which 
seems faster? SCSI has unfortunately not become much more affordable 
over the years, but SATA drives have. If i have to go SCSI again for 
good performance and reliability, i will, but i'd just as soon not 
spend that much if i don't have to.
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