Re: [newbie] OT 6th question - SCSI vs IDE OT

2000-11-06 Thread Don Sundberg
ie] OT 6th question - SCSI vs IDE OT this came up the other day. someone told me that a SCSI hard drive is faster than an IDE hard drive. i have never used a SCSI drive in my life, so i don't know from experience. is this true?? thanks much no more questions for now Adrian Smith 'de tel

Re: [newbie] OT 6th question - SCSI vs IDE OT

2000-11-02 Thread Mark Weaver
In certain situation and with certain applications this is indeed true. However, just as important, if not more so in some instances, is the actual access speed of the HDD in question. If you have a SCSI HDD that spins at 10,000 rpms but only has an access time of 40ms and I have an IDE HDD that

Re: [newbie] OT 6th question - SCSI vs IDE OT

2000-11-02 Thread abe
gcobb wrote: SCSI is definitely faster. It's also more costly, but has many benefits. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Adrian Smith Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 6:57 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] OT 6th quest

RE: [newbie] OT 6th question - SCSI vs IDE OT

2000-11-01 Thread gcobb
SCSI is definitely faster. It's also more costly, but has many benefits. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Adrian Smith Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 6:57 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] OT 6th question - SCSI vs IDE OT

[newbie] OT 6th question - SCSI vs IDE OT

2000-10-31 Thread Adrian Smith
this came up the other day. someone told me that a SCSI hard drive is faster than an IDE hard drive. i have never used a SCSI drive in my life, so i don't know from experience. is this true?? thanks much no more questions for now Adrian Smith 'de telepone dude Telecom Dept. x 7042 [EMAIL