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"Folkert Rienstra" wrote:
The OS should be able to tell you. If you can name the drives then I could lookup the noiselevels for you, for comparison. Do you know where? (This is Windows 2000.) I tried Device Manager and Disk Management, but neither one was helpful. I used to have a SCSI diagnostic utility that would display complete details on the SCSI chain, I can't lay hands on it now. My mail address is jsachs177 at earthlink dot net. |
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"Folkert Rienstra" wrote:
That's where I would look.... Ah, found it. Disk Manager displays the information if you select a physical disk and open the Properties box. Drive 0 is a Seagate ST336706LW. Drive 1 is a Quantum Atlas V-18-WLS. My mail address is jsachs177 at earthlink dot net. |
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"Jonathan Sachs" wrote in message ... "Folkert Rienstra" wrote: That's where I would look.... Ah, found it. Disk Manager displays the information if you select a physical disk and open the Properties box. Drive 0 is a Seagate ST336706LW. Cheetah 36ES 40/48/52 MB/s, 7 ms, 1.1 sone / 2.0 sone Drive 1 is a Quantum Atlas V-18-WLS. 16/23/30MB/s, 13ms, 1 sone / 2.9 sone Raptor, WD360GD, 34/46/55 MB/s, 7.9ms, 0.9 sone / 1.5 sone My mail address is jsachs177 at earthlink dot net. |
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Speaking of which, how fast is the latest SCSI? I know in its time, it was
great, since MFM and early IDE were nothing compared to SCSI but IDE has been faster than SCSI (that i know of ) since around the time of ata33/66. I could be wrong but are there even any new versions of SCSI out now? Thanks "chrisv" wrote in message ... On Tue, 29 Jul 2003 08:18:56 +0100, "Simon" wrote: A quick analogy for you: IDE 4 cylinder. SCSI V8. They both do the same job, but you know that the SCSI will go on for ever, and not wear itself out. Simon Only a moronic top poster could come up with such a stupid, wrong, analogy. |
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Nonsense. Back in 97 UDMA was 33MB/s and LVD SCSI was 80MB/s. SCSI needs more
speed because you put more drives on each cable. sATA is 150MB/s and SAS (serial SCSI) will start at 300MB/s. "Mark" ()()() wrote in message ... | Speaking of which, how fast is the latest SCSI? I know in its time, it was | great, since MFM and early IDE were nothing compared to SCSI but IDE has | been faster than SCSI (that i know of ) since around the time of ata33/66. I | could be wrong but are there even any new versions of SCSI out now? | |
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"Eric Gisin" wrote in message ... Nonsense. Back in 97 UDMA was 33MB/s and LVD SCSI was 80MB/s. I don't think so. Maybe, with the greater part of a year between them. c't lists UDMA-2 in late '79 but no Ultra2. SCSI faq says '98 for Fast40. SCSI needs more speed Bandwidth. because you put more drives on each cable. sATA is 150MB/s and SAS (serial SCSI) will start at 300MB/s. Actually, comparing interface rates like that is 'nonsense'. SAS uses dual 150MB/s ports that aren't necessarily used simultaniously. "Mark" ()()() wrote in message ... | Speaking of which, how fast is the latest SCSI? I know in its time, it was | great, since MFM and early IDE were nothing compared to SCSI but IDE has | been faster than SCSI (that i know of ) since around the time of ata33/66. | I could be wrong but are there even any new versions of SCSI out now? | |
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"J.Clarke" wrote:
Currently SCSI goes up to U320, which is 320 MB/sec, vs 133 max for ATA and 150 for SATA. The previous version was U160, which is still faster than any current ATA variant. No disk can keep up with even ATA100, so for workstations (not cheap workstations; not low-end workstations; all realistically configured workstations) this is academic. Even if you have two or three drives, the practical difference will be small if it can be measured at all. For servers with many drives and massively concurrent operations, the extra channel capacity is useful. For more than ten years, every workstation I have built for my own use has had SCSI drives. I would describe myself as a SCSI bigot without hesitation. But over the last couple of weeks I have concluded that for workstations, the performance advantages of SCSI are no longer meaningful. My mail address is jsachs177 at earthlink dot net. |
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"Jonathan Sachs" wrote in message ... "J.Clarke" wrote: Currently SCSI goes up to U320, which is 320 MB/sec, vs 133 max for ATA and 150 for SATA. The previous version was U160, which is still faster than any current ATA variant. No disk can keep up with even ATA100, so for workstations (not cheap workstations; not low-end workstations; all realistically configured workstations) this is academic. That depends very much on what you call 'realistic' and 'academic'. If that is to mean that you won't use 2 IDE drives per channel, then you are correct. Even if you have two or three drives, the practical difference will be small if it can be measured at all. That depends on which two sit on the same channel and whether them two will be used concurently and how they will be used concurrently. For servers with many drives and massively concurrent operations, the extra channel capacity is useful. I see no difference other than that a server may be busy _all of the time_ and a workstation not. There is only so much concurrent IO that you can generate on a 2 drive (=IDE) channel. In SCSI and IDE alike you choose your channel bandwidth on the num- ber of drives that you plan to be using concurrently at _any_ moment. For more than ten years, every workstation I have built for my own use has had SCSI drives. I would describe myself as a SCSI bigot without hesitation. But over the last couple of weeks I have concluded I think the word is decided, not concluded. Concluded means that based on the usage pattern you should go for SCSI. Not because of channel bandwidth but because of your IO pattern and the mechanical properties of the drives. that for workstations, the performance advantages of SCSI are no longer meaningful. If they aren't now, then they never were. My mail address is jsachs177 at earthlink dot net. |
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On Tue, 5 Aug 2003 11:52:15 +0100, "Dave L"
wrote: You like the moron word don't you. It must remind you of you. Dave No, it reminds me of top-posters, "Dave". |
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