Whatever works for you. Some like to have SCSI in their desktops/workstations, and they are willing to pay for it (or moan that they cannot afford it).
Others are quite happy in their IDE lives or are simply not aware of the option.
SCSI simply performs better for transactional data storage, it is that simple.
Yes, he could have compared top-of-the-line IDE drives, but then he would have compared that with high end (15kRPM/U320) SCSI disks. Like for like comparisons are going to be virtually impossible in a IDE v SCSI test, does any SCSI disk have the same number of platters and similar density as an IDE disk (or vice versa)?
Lets compare SATA when the first SAS disks are out shall we?:)
In.au when MNP (mobile number portability) there was a rush to change carriers, service offerings were changed (free text messages, first 20mins free etc). Now, a year to so later everything has calmed down, service providers have eased off on the special deals and I believe that most Telcos are no worse off in subscriber levels for the GSM (as opposed to CDMA) services they provide.
Whirlpool is hardly an unbiased factual view on the state of broadband in Australia. Their news articles are nice and occationally a good read but the forums are generally lacking in clue.
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Does anyone have info on which NGOs will be attending this?
Whatever works for you. Some like to have SCSI in their desktops/workstations, and they are willing to pay for it (or moan that they cannot afford it). Others are quite happy in their IDE lives or are simply not aware of the option. SCSI simply performs better for transactional data storage, it is that simple.
Yes, he could have compared top-of-the-line IDE drives, but then he would have compared that with high end (15kRPM/U320) SCSI disks. Like for like comparisons are going to be virtually impossible in a IDE v SCSI test, does any SCSI disk have the same number of platters and similar density as an IDE disk (or vice versa)? Lets compare SATA when the first SAS disks are out shall we? :)
In .au when MNP (mobile number portability) there was a rush to change carriers, service offerings were changed (free text messages, first 20mins free etc). Now, a year to so later everything has calmed down, service providers have eased off on the special deals and I believe that most Telcos are no worse off in subscriber levels for the GSM (as opposed to CDMA) services they provide.
Just because they say they CAN do it, does not mean they DID. Given the lack of evidence it seems to be a slow news day over at the IT news desk.
Whirlpool is hardly an unbiased factual view on the state of broadband in Australia. Their news articles are nice and occationally a good read but the forums are generally lacking in clue.