From: pd@doc.ic.ac.uk (Philip Daniels) Subject: Re: Questions on Disk Throughput IDE vs SCSI in Linux Date: 29 Jun 1993 11:05:26 +0100
In article <1993Jun28.183037.24220@taylor.uucp> mark@taylor.uucp (Mark A. Davis) writes:
[SCSI vs IDE]
>SCSI is really, still the only standard which comes close to a "universal"
>standard for any kind of drive technology. It can also be used with things
>as strange a printers, networking, and serial cluster units. You may not
>need the capability now- but $ well spent now can save headaches later...
Consider that if you buy a big IDE harddrive you are stuck with it, whereas
if you buy a SCSI disk you can move it on to another computer (say a PowerPC
or MIPS box if they ever become cheap enough :( ).
--- Phil. (pd@doc.ic.ac.uk)
Brain failure (cerebral coretex dumped)