On Fri, 5 May 2000, Mike & Tracy Holt wrote:
> Hello,
> I'm getting ready to put together a new system and I'm considering using
> a scsi hard drive; can anybody tell me if there is much or any performance
> gain by doing this?
Definitely yes. SCSI HD are no doubt faster than IDE.
> I've seen quite a few posts on these lists about
> problems with scsi cards / scsi devices with Linux; is this normal or should
> I expect things to go smoothly?
For this point, I think you should consult the hardware-HOWTO and the
SCSI-HOWTO, in order to be sure you take linux-friendly devices.
HTH
Flupke
>
> Thanks for any advise,
> Mike
>
>
