[rescue] Sun Blade 100 Question - IDE

[George Adkins]

On Friday 10 May 2002 11:32 pm, Patrick Giagnocavo wrote:
> On Fri, May 10, 2002 at 06:13:06PM -0400, Kurt Huhn wrote:
> > > Most systems have at least 2 IDE channels.  Put one drive on each
> > > channel.
> >
> > Thpplt!  Even 1 SCSI bus can handle 6 drives.  So to keep from getting a
> > performance hit, you have to limit yourself to 2 drives.  I know I sound
> > like a jerk, but I really think that's crap.
>
> Remember that IDE got its start from about 1989 and was designed to be
> low cost.  Desktop drives of that era were stuffing maybe 200KB/second
> through the channel.
>
This is no excuse for the apalling lack of foresight and piss-poor 
engineering.  it's right in there with "Who'll ever need more than 640K..."

George