Difference between IDE and SCSI ??

Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com
Wed Feb 6 07:50:39 UTC 2008


Tim wrote:
> On Tue, 2008-02-05 at 11:07 -0600, Les Mikesell wrote:
>> The disk size is another hint. Scsi drives would be 36 Gb, IDE's 40.
> 
> Hadn't noticed that before.  What's the reason?
> 

I don't know why, but most scsi drives run:
9, 18, 36, 72, 146, 300 gig
where most IDEs are
10, 20, 40, 80, 100, 160, 320.

Maybe it's consumer vs. enterprise models - the WD Raptor SATA line 
seems closer to the scsi sizing.


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   Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell at gmail.com




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