What's faster
Is a SCSI external Hard Drive perform better and faster than a Firewire external Hard Drive. Let's say they both have 60GB.
I would like to add some more space to my computer. I would be using the extra space for intense video editing, and applications that demaned quick seek times and data transfer.
Thanks for suggestions.
[ 09-21-2002: Message edited by: Altivec_2.0 ]</p>
I would like to add some more space to my computer. I would be using the extra space for intense video editing, and applications that demaned quick seek times and data transfer.
Thanks for suggestions.
[ 09-21-2002: Message edited by: Altivec_2.0 ]</p>
Comments
you'd probably be able to pick up two external firewire drives for the price of one scsi of similar size.
outside of the server world very few people are still actively buying scsi drives. the added cost really doesn't pay off.
This method is a heck of a lot cheaper than scsi and you would probably see the same if not better performance than scisi if you use raid.
If you don't have any pci slots, or any more room for additional hard drives, just go with firewire. The speed of firewire is sufficent for any ide hard drive.
Oh yea, to answer your origional question, scsi is generally faster. SCSI drives go up to 15000rpm and ide are currently at 7200. There are problems however that arrise with scsi, heat and noise. If you have ever used these you would know what i mean. SCSI drives sound like a freaking chain saw when they start up, and you should also have cooling on them.
[ 09-24-2002: Message edited by: MicrosoftOsXp ]</p>