[Gllug] Computer shopping

[Christopher Hunter]

On Sunday 27 Jul 2003 9:26 pm, Mark Preston wrote:
> Re:-
>
> >>/ PS If you are going to surgest SCSI your going to have to explain why
> >> very
>
> />/> carefully because 18Gb hard disks do not compare well to 80Gb ones for
> IDE />/> when SCSI cards are expensive too. If its needed I'm going to need
> to say />/> /why/ and currently I don't know at all!
> /
>
> >Three words...
> >5 years warranty
>
> What is the sound like for SCSI drives, are they quieter or more noisy than
> IDE drives? I've never had a SCSI hard drive, but if they run quietly I'd
> quite like to know more details of where to get a machine with them running
> - having had a couple of IDE hard drives fail lately.
>
> Regards,
> Mark Preston

In my experience, SCSI drives are no more reliable than IDE - the same 
mechanical flaws cripple both types, and it's usually mechanical failure that 
gets you!  SCSI are easier to configure and manipulate in *n*x as they are 
the default type, but I've never had a problem setting up IDE drives of all 
types.

IMHO, there's no longer any reason to buy SCSI drives - they're just a more 
expensive option with little going for it.  The Warranties on any drive are 
usually worthless in the Real World [TM] - it's fine that a manufacturer will 
replace a dead drive during the Warranty period, but you've still lost the 
data!  It's as easy and much cheaper these days to build a RAID Array with 
multiple IDE drives - remember what RAID stands for - the word "inexpensive" 
is in there!

Also - any SCSI drive I've ever heard is noisier than IDE ones!

Chris


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