SCSI's Makeover

by Maarten Goldstein, Nov 28, 2001 6:40am PST

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By: MarksmanX x Show Full Post

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I have converted from ATA to SCSI alooooong time ago. There is a huge difference in reading and writing on 15K SCSI drive compaired to me Death Start 75GXP! (<-- It should die any day now.) It feels soo damn good to be the first person loaded in Quake DM and getting all the goodies while everybody is waiting for the level to be loaded :)

Nov 28, 2001 10:10am PST

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I have converted from ATA to SCSI alooooong time ago. There is a huge difference in reading and writing o... : MarksmanX
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  well if that feeling is worth the extra what, 100% in price per gigabyte, then i just can't help but fee... : neo69
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    If you have enough ram this is mostly cached anyways and not an issue. If you really wanted to speed it... : idealego
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      Let's say I had a gig of ram. Now in XP, how do I make a large ram drive to load Quake3 into? : SlimJim
      
      Jesus 1 GIG! I have 512 here! :( Looks like I better star upgrading sometimes late next year or early 20... : MarksmanX
      
      http://www.cenatek.com/product_ramdisk.cfm : .spanky.
      
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      or for those of you who say SCSI is worth it no matter what the cost, then you guys need this, it would ... : .spanky.
      
      it uses a scsi or fibre channel connector. wtf is your point? : Turd Ferguson
    - i know, 1.5G for pc133 infineon would cost you 144USD. : Turd Ferguson
  - Performace means alot in FPS games. Being the first to grab the gun and shoot rail them before they even... : MarksmanX

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UATA100 is superior to SCSI

for the price ;)

Nov 28, 2001 12:07pm PST

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UATA100 is superior to SCSI for the price ;) : hawkeye
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  nope, scsi is expesnive but its WORTH IT. : Turd Ferguson
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    not for desktops : magila
    - i was talking about desktops : Turd Ferguson

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They oughta worry more about making it cheaper

Nov 28, 2001 6:42am PST

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They oughta worry more about making it cheaper : drazz
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  its that whole its faster and better than the "standard drives" so we charge a premium.. go figure.. the... : locobastard
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    oh they can have their premium, just not so much of it. With massive IDE drives being so cheap, they tur... : drazz
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      SCSI RAID 0wnz IDE RAID Personally, I like SCSI because it's a better bus for disk IO stuff. Back wh... : The_FrO
      
      word, i have an 18G scsi 10K drive and i would have gotten a scsi cdrw but i couldn't find any scsi 24x ... : Turd Ferguson
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      bleh, ide raid are you kidding me. hardware scsi raid beats all other types of raid hands down. : Turd Ferguson
      
      granted, IDE RAID won't beat SCSI RAID, but it is a good price/performance alternative to an uber-crayse... : drazz
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  serial ata is cheaper than ATA100 to implement : magila
  - d'oh, brain fart : magila

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By: SERIOUSly the SAMe x Show Full Post

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Serial ATA (ATA100 as well) is a JOKE until HD's start pumping A LOT faster then 7200rpm.

-The SAMe

Nov 28, 2001 8:35am PST

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Serial ATA (ATA100 as well) is a JOKE until HD's start pumping A LOT faster then 7200rpm. -The SAMe : SERIOUSly the SAMe
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  Spindle Speed notwithstanding, the I/O on ATA drives still isn't that great - good for bursts, not susta... : galvatron
  - Exactly my point. ATA100 is essentially a paper spec as most drives can barely sustain over 30mb/s. ... : SERIOUSly the SAMe
- if they changed the protocall to support out of seek reads and forced it to use a separate processor tha... : Turd Ferguson

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SCSI owns j00, ATA fanboyz!

Nov 28, 2001 7:37am PST

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SCSI owns j00, ATA fanboyz! : swampnutz
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  SCSI = stupid. Why would I want faster data transfer rates and more than 4 devices in my system? M... : KinetiK
  - Trolls don't work if you admit it's a troll DURING the post.... btw, I've got a SCSI _mouse_ around h... : Toraz Chryx

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UNF UNF UNF!

Nov 28, 2001 8:40am PST

UNF UNF UNF! : jjlaw

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By: ixian x Show Full Post

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Dammit, by 2004 I wanted to be able to connect hard drives to a jack in my head, and now I'm reading the best we are gonna get is a new SCSI standard....maybe??

It's 2001! Where are the flying fu#*$ing cars?!

Nov 28, 2001 6:51am PST

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Dammit, by 2004 I wanted to be able to connect hard drives to a jack in my head, and now I'm reading the ... : ixian
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  The Dukes had flying cars in 1979. : Dechter
  - GENERAL LEE'D : Turd Ferguson

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wow, I rul3z.

Nov 28, 2001 6:41am PST

wow, I rul3z. : dorker

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