celeste@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Celeste C. Stokely) (01/11/89)
In the process of looking for large (at least 1GB) capacity disks for my
3/280 server, I've been looking at the new high-speed SMD drives and SCSI
drives. One vendor is showing me figures that seem to say that SCSI drives
are faster than high-speed SMD drives, like the CDC Sabre.
I had always equated SCSI=slow, SMD=fast, but now I'm questioning that.
What is the collected wisdom about SCSI vs. SMD for large, fast, reliable,
useful server drives? Is there some reason other than speed why I wouldn't
want a SCSI drive on my server?
I'm going to get an 8mm tape drive, so I have to get a SCSI controller
anyway. Should I really, seriously consider SCSI disks? They have always
seemed like "toy" disks to me.
Thanks for any advice!
..Celeste Stokely
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