Yeah, but SCSI is just so darn expensive. 73GB for $320 is not cheap (SCSI). 40GB for $70, now that's cheap (IDE).
Might be cheaper to use IDE drives and a dual-CPU machine, like I do. I can 8X burn a CD with Adaptec Easy CD Creator (which I think has mutated into Roxio) on W2K w/no problems (running other stuff too). Best regards, Ivan Baggett Bagotronix Inc. website: www.bagotronix.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt Daggett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 1:46 PM Subject: Re: [PEDA] Protel vs. DirectCD You should invest in SCSI I/O if you have a lot of throughput problems to cause buffer underruns. I can defrag a partition while burning from the other without underrun issues and without burnproof. Most of the problems arise with all IDE based systems that use 100% CPU to burn CDs and MUST use burnproof or else you get a coaster. With a SCSI based system you'd see about a 1-2% CPU hit while burning. I have a 200Mhz Pentium Pro machine that I used to use to duplicate CDs that can copy a CD to five burners at 8X at once w/o any underrun issues. IDE couldn't even dream of that... I cant really stress enough how important I/O is to system performance independent of CPU and memory size. A single Ultra160 15K disk will outperform two ATA100 disks in a RIAD 0 stripe. Also when putting a SCSI disk under full throughput stress it doesn't use 100% of the CPU like all IDE based systems. Not to mention the reliability and increased cache sizes you get with most server-class SCSI disk. SCSI disks have no where near the high failure rates of IDE disks because you are buying a enterprise solution. Prices have really come down as well.. you can get a 73GB 10k RPM Ultra160 disk for about $320 now...that's really cheap! ************************************************************************ * Tracking #: C1B0EC2FBEA93642BA9D1D4594DCBDE25B9CBF14 * ************************************************************************ * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
