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Originally Posted by Book
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What do you mean a special PCI card? A MOBO that has PCI slots? I don't understand.
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No, I mean a special PCI card with SCSI connectors on the PCI card. Normally, high performance SCSI wants to use 64-bit PCI slots (PCI64, NOT PCI express)
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Originally Posted by Book
Again, I don't get what you're saying. How is it possible to fit 15 HDDs, each with its own cable slot, into one MOBO slot? If this is what you're saying (probably not).
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No, you can fit 15 hard drives on one cable with Ultra SCSI (7 with the previous standard). Each hard drive gets an address, anywhere from 0 - 15 (though the card usually occupies 15).
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Originally Posted by Book
SCSI drives are more expensive what do they offer anything special? I would be willing to spend more money on a faster, more reliable HDD, but again SCSI is just an interface. The HDD itself may not be that reliable or even fast. I also read that SCSI drives make much more noise and produce a lot of heat
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The main advantage SCSI has nowadays over other interfaces is quantity - like I said, you get 15 drives per interface. With SATA, you get 1 drive per interface. With IDE, you get 2 (with lowered performance).
Most of the time, they tend to be slightly more reliable than other hard drives, but they're not infallable. Noise / heat - depends on the vendor. I can't hear mine at all once they spin up, though with the way I have them packed I really should get some fans in there to dissipate the heat.
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Originally Posted by Book
What is the block size?
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It's something you really shouldn't need to worry about when dealing with PCs - it should always be 512. If it's not, no PC operating system will have a clue what to do with it.
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