slapnuts_ox Posted June 18, 2002 Share Posted June 18, 2002 I am rebuilding my computer and I am curious which would be faster for my comuter. Having my OS and swap file on my Ultra scsi drive (not ultra160 but just ultra scsi) or having it on my IBM 40gig. Both drives are 7200rpm, the IBM is a 60GXP which has 2MB cache and works at uata100 while the scsi drive is a western digital 4.3gig with 512KB cache but has slightly faster access times...7.9ms vs 8.5ms of the IBM. I know scsi is much less CPU dependant but also this is 2 generations old as far as scsi is concerned. I just am not sure which would run faster. Anyone have any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElGato Posted June 18, 2002 Share Posted June 18, 2002 SCSI for sure, 3 reasons really 1. You already said, it's less CPU dependant. 2. Faster access, nearly 10% faster. 3. Seperate Drive which is always good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slapnuts_ox Posted June 18, 2002 Author Share Posted June 18, 2002 the card is an intio inic 950 ultra scsi card. It is a few years old. Its specs are Features: SCSI Interface: Dedicated SCSI processor for handling SCSI operations SCSI transfer rates from 5 MB/s Asynchronous SCSI to 40 MB/s Synchronous Ultra Wide SCSI Supports both auto and programmable SCSI termination Supports Command Tag Queuing and Disconnect/Reconnect Advanced SCSI I/O cell capable of adjusting the SCSI signal slew rate PCI 32-bit Interface: PCI 2.1 Compliant, burst transfer rates of 133 MB/s Built-in S/G execution engine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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