For the latest SCSI cards, there is the U160 and U320 standards which offer higher data transfer rates, but these are also very susceptible to small physical or electrical defects. Specifically, I have found that connecting a SCSI drive externally via a separate casing and external cable (which is what I used to do years ago) is very tricky -- cable must not be too long, cannot be twisted or bent too much, casing interface must be reliable, etc. Internally, it's fine. Also, try to use Seagate instead of Maxtor or IBM drives, because Maxtor drives create a LOT of vibration.
Hope this helps, pascal chong
Harry G wrote:
I am about to build another PC to be used as a workstation. I picked up a box of 5 new Seagate SCSI 3 50 gig drives for $250.00 total, so I am thinking of using some them for this.
Since SCSI controller boards are about $100.00 or so, I was thinking of using a server mother biard with built in SCSI. A couple of questions:
1. Is the format usually the same (physicallly) so they will fit in a standard case? (And what is the standard size?)
2. Any downfalls that you would know of going this route?
TIA
Harry G
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