Intel Solid State Drives

[Kev367th]

So, what's the difference, interface-wise, between SCSI and IDE/ATA?

I ordered a Gateway a long time ago and one of my options was to pick a SCSI 20GB HD. I chose that option. Later when I got into building/configuring my own hardware I opened her up. She had the HD running through a IDE cable to a PCI card. I don't know why. I eventually removed the card and put the HD directly into the IDE port on the motherboard, and had no problems whatsoever.

Does SCSI use the same plug as IDE, or did Gateway lie to me and give me a second IDE controller instead of a SCSI controller?

Nope completely different -

ATA - 40 pin and either 40 wires or later cables use 80 wires.
SATA - Small plug
SCSI  - Latest uses either 68 pin, 68 pin high density or 80 pin SCA.

Big diff is max transfers speeds (best avail devices)-
Ultra ATA - 133Mbs
SATA II - 300Mbs
Ultra 640 SCSI - 640Mbs

[Fulmar]

I forgot how expensive SCSI controller cards were.

[Kev367th]

I forgot how expensive SCSI controller cards were.

U320 cards even dual channel ones are a lot cheaper. I have a dual channel U320 PERC (Dell branded Adaptec) in my home system.

[Fulmar]

U320 cards even dual channel ones are a lot cheaper. I have a dual channel U320 PERC (Dell branded Adaptec) in my home system.

Cheapest controller card I found was $70 (next was an $130) and a 74gb 320 SCSI drive is about $150.  It'd be faster than a raptor which runs about $150 for 74gb, would just need the controller card.

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[OOZ662]

ROFL!  I still have a couple of 8" Winchester HD's.  They store a massive 10MB and are suitable space heaters as well! 

My school has an old 15MB hard drive that's bigger than a brick. I suspect it might be like the ones you're talking about. The only way I found out what it was was by throwing the SN into Google and it came up with a shop that repairs them.

It only has one dead sector written on it and looks to be in great condition on the outside. I'm questioning if I should hijack it or not, since the lab seems to be throwing everything out.