I have to say that I use both on different machines, so I am not one
eyed on this topic.
Having said that, the main reasons (IMHO) that people use ATA/IDE/etc
are as follows:
* your average motherboard comes with the controller built-in - no
added expense
* disks are _far_ cheaper than SCSI counterparts.
* (usually) simple setup.
* Is not UDMA supposed to reduce the impact on the CPU load ?
For the average person, the added expense of buying a SCSI adapter
plus the extra cost of the disks are prohibitive.
Depending on what country you live in, these costs will be different
but down here in Australia, they are just too expensive.
Sure, you can hang a decent tape drive off the scsi chain but the
cost there is also rediculous.
I know this is really off-topic but I wanted to point out that the
costs in various parts of the world do not outweigh the benefits.
Regards,
Brad.
-----Original Message-----
From: Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH [SMTP:allbery@kf8nh.apk.net]
Sent: Saturday, January 02, 1999 10:39 AM
To: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
Subject: Re: UDMA problems
In message <199901012231.RAA19512@x15-cruise-basselope.mit.edu>, Kev
writes:
+-----
| > Sigh. Why can't the industry finally admit ATA/IDE/etc is a
kludge and
| > switch to SCSI?
|
| Because SCSI is better.
+--->8
Paranoid, are we? :-)
It's because IDE is cheaper: it's really a sort of early Win-device,
making
the CPU do the work to save on hardware costs.
--
brandon s. allbery [os/2][linux][solaris][japh]
allbery@kf8nh.apk.net
system administrator [WAY too many hats] allbery@ece.cmu.edu
carnegie mellon / electrical and computer engineering KF8NH
We are Linux. Resistance is an indication that you missed the
point.
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