21 Jan
2002
21 Jan
'02
8:40 p.m.
My present IBM PC Server 320 (PCI/EISA) has an IDE interface on the mobo and
works fine and dandy with HD's and other IDE devices, except that it
overrides boot from SCSI so it's turned off and all devices are SCSI
predominantly. My old Dell 4066/XE server was the same way, but IDE was slow
on it - never used it as I had plenty of SCSI devices on hand.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
[mailto:owner-classiccmp@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Doc
Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 7:54 PM
To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: Need manual URL/hardcopy for HP Netserver LX Pro 6/200
serve
On Mon, 21 Jan 2002 jpero(a)sympatico.ca wrote:
Arf, arf! :-) Anyway I understand that, but
didn't you make this
fair comparsion on dual Pro and dual PII's? Remember, LX and BX
already have udma for better HD multitasking. The old pro chipset
didn't and relies on HD controller cards either SCSI ($$$) or
IDE none has udma (early ones) except for promise cards.
Hmmm. I wouldn't know about the udma issue. My new desktop is the
first IDE system I've had in several years. All the SMP boxen I've had
or administered were SCSI, and the only IDE PPro I've ever had aything
to do with was a Dell desktop. It was strictly an end-user box, and I
wasn't in a position to benchmark it.
I still believe Intel would have been better off developing the PPro
than going with the PII.
Doc