On Wed, 13 Nov 2002, Bob Raymond wrote: > Net Llama! wrote: > > On 11/12/2002 09:39 PM, Bob Raymond wrote: > > > >> From what I find, I think I'll pass this one up- mainly because it > >> seems to only support up to 132mb/s transfer rates. Unless SCSI > >> actually would deliver that sort of throughput, I see no reason to get > >> it as I already have the normal two connectors on the motherboard that > >> claim ATA/133, and then an extra four on a Highpoint 374 IDE raid > >> controller (supporting eight devices) built into the motherboard also > >> claiming ATA133. Of course, I've never seen higher than 43 mb/s > >> transfer, but that's a pretty decent speed out of my IBM Deskstar 120GXP. > > > > > > SCSI throughput is controlled by two factors: > > 1) The drive > > 2) The controller > > > > Most recent SCSI drives can go as fast as 160mb/s. However, the older > > controllers are more than likely not going to be able to do more than 40 > > or 80mb/s. > > > > So I guess in this case, the controller would be my limiting factor, and > I'll just save up for a more modern one. Isn't throughput for IDE > drives controlled the same way, just with a little more marketing BS > about ATA100/133?
Yes, it is. Although there's alot more marketing BS on the IDE side. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lonni J Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Step-by-step & TyGeMo http://netllama.ipfox.com _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
