[rescue] tape drive with no SCSI

[Joshua D Boyd]

On Thu, Nov 08, 2001 at 01:08:54AM -0600, Phil Brutsche wrote:
> On Thu, 2001-11-08 at 00:38, Joshua D Boyd wrote: 
> > I just realized that one of the drives is hdc, and the other hdd.
> Oops.  Better hope both drives are ATA33 :) 

I'm pretty sure they are, but I think I'd better wait on the tuning till I 
get the drives rearranged.  If all drives on the the chain need to be 
ATA33, then what about CDRoms?  One of the hard drives is going to have to 
share a chain with a CDRom.
 
> > Sigh.  I'd consider moving the machine to all scsi, but I haven't been 
> > imressed with the performance of my sisters nearly all SCSI (one 
> > IDE CDRom) system.
> 
> I've noticed that SCSI drastically increases the cost of the system
> without necessarily increasing performance.  It all depends on your
> workload.
> 
> If you were running a high-volume mail server you'd probably notice.

I'm told that SCSI is better for using a large number of drives. 

-- 
Joshua D. Boyd