Sata v SCSI

From: Mike Keithley (mkeithley_at_pobox.com)
Date: 07/28/04 

Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 02:19:33 GMT

Hello group:

I'm doing research to bun a new computer. It's essentially a workstation
but the faster the drives the better! It will be running Windows (XP) and
Linux (2.4.26/Slackware) on separate hard drives.

Questions: How does SATA perform compared
to SCSI? Will there be more compatibility problems with SATA then with
SCSI? If SCSI is better, where do I find motherboards with on-board SCSI
controllers?

Thanks

Relevant Pages

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  • Asus A7N8X-E w/SATA and SCSI, 4.10 sys install snafu
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  • Re: Hot Swapping a SATA drive in Windows 2000 and XP.
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