SCSI or IDE Hard Drive Replacement

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Jack - 30 Aug 2003 01:42 GMT

I posted a question earlier about upgrading the HD im my
SBS 2000 machine. I was considering trying to ghost over
the info from a SCSI drive to an IDE. After reviewing
the responses I got the impression that even though IDE
drives have come along way I should still stick with a
scsi drive. I use my SBS to do several functions but I
do not use SQL Server or use it to host a web site.
Would you experts up grade the hard drive with another
SCSI or Go with IDE?

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jimbehning@doesthisblockporkmindspring.com - 30 Aug 2003 03:33 GMT

I fuss when working on an IDE based server as it is slow. My boss
doesn't feel that but he doesn't touch servers the way I do. You can
build two servers using 8 meg cache ide and some sort of faster scsi
but not the fastest scsi and you can tell the difference. Scsi is
faster. Well at least when setting up the server and loading service
packs, adding users, jumping around to do different things scsi is
faster. Is it worth it? I cannot quantifiably say yes. I have replaced
about as many scsi drives in servers in 5 years as I have ide drives
in servers but I probably have 5-8 times more scsi drives in servers
versus ide. The math seems to indicate scsi is 5-8 times more
reliable.

>I posted a question earlier about upgrading the HD im my
>SBS 2000 machine. I was considering trying to ghost over
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>Would you experts up grade the hard drive with another
>SCSI or Go with IDE?

Jim B. SBS MVP

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Harpert - 30 Aug 2003 20:09 GMT

For larger servers (25 users and up) I would still
reccomend SCSI....

Most servers run virus scanning software like Mcafee.
This is usually the "slow-down" factor in the server.

Performance is INMENSELY improved when disabeling the
virus scanner.

SCSI is much faster with providing the data to the
scanner.

For smaller networks IT IS AN OVERKILL.
I use BOTH scsi and IDE in several servers.
I always advise hardware RAID1 (IDE or SCSI)

This ensures no restore problems when one HD crashes.
Harpert

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