Hi folks Im looking at WD raptors. I was just wondering... you get all that rhetoric about 'the performance of SCSI for the home user' etc. However, i'm a firm believer in 'you get what you pay for'. So the question is, since SCSI drives are more expensive than the raptor, in what ways are SCSI drives still superior? Many thanks as always

Honestly, I'd say none. I just built a new server for the company I work for and went with dual raptors and I love it. No need for any controller or any thing like that, small SATA cables so I dont have anything blocking the case airflow, and it runs great. I honestly can not see any differance at all between the SCSI and raptor speed. ASUS A8N-SLI A64 3000+@220x9 1gig Corsair XMS LEADTEK PX6600GT TDH Enermax 535W Dual 80gig WD.

SCSI has always had an advantage over ATA. Ten years ago, this difference was worth spending the extra money to get the best. Now however, UWide SCSI is only marginally faster than SATA. As you have noticed, the price tag isn't marginal. Most of the difference in price is because the economy of scale. The rest, people who want SCSI generally don't care about the price tag.

The only thing I can think of is that you can put more drives with a SCSI controller. 7 with SCSI 1 and 15 with SCSI 2

With the MOBO I have in our server, I can have 8 SATA drives. I have no idea what I'd ever do with that many, but it supports it. ASUS A8N-SLI A64 3000+@220x9 1gig Corsair XMS LEADTEK PX6600GT TDH Enermax 535W Dual 80gig WD.

Lantz !! Justa query... Did you raid the raptors or are you using them as individula drives ??? Also I presume you are using the nvidia controller for them ??? IF IT AINT BROKE, DONT FIX IT A8N-SLI Deluxe AMD X64 3500+ Wnchst Corsair 2x512 DDR400 Dual Channel GV-NX6600128D PCIX Graphics Card Ggbyte GT Pro CPU Cooler Zalman VF700-CU VGA Cool

Raptors rock!!! I have had two for over a year now and they are as fast as SCSI with none of the annoyance of controllers. Sata drives are also allot quieter and it is hard to tell they are even on.