Serial ATA vs. SCSI

[ahsia]

With Serial ATA on the horizon, what do most of you think as far as Serial ATA's potential performance? How will it compare to today's SCSI drives? Any additional comments?

 

[Pariah]

This topic has been beaten to death. Basically it's comparable to video game consoles. You don't buy consoles based on a spec sheet, but on the type of games you like. You don't choose the interface based on a tech sheet, you base it on the drives you plan on using. The interface means little to nothing. If you want the fastest drives available, go SCSI, if you want bang for buck, go IDE, if you want small cables, wait for SATA.

 

[thorin]

SATA will close the gap between PATA (current) and SCSI but will definately not surpass SCSI by any means. Check the "HD Interface and Standards FAQ" for more info.

Thorin

 

[ragiepew]

agreed, SATA will in no way surpass SCSI performance... the thing that truly seperates SCSI from IDE is not SCSI... its more the drives that you can get w/ a SCSI interface... notice that there are no 15K Seagate Cheetah's on IDE...

 

[Scootin159]

<< agreed, SATA will in no way surpass SCSI performance... the thing that truly seperates SCSI from IDE is not SCSI... its more the drives that you can get w/ a SCSI interface... notice that there are no 15K Seagate Cheetah's on IDE... >>



or even 10,000rpm IDE Drives, or any with a 5-year warranty. Although there aren't any 100GB SCSI Drives (excluding that one seagate drive that is basically 2 73gb ones stacked together, and costs like $1000).