[mythtv-users] Asus Pundit vs. Shuttle XPC SK41G

Lan Barnes lan at falleagle.net
Thu Jul 24 12:20:30 EDT 2003


On Thu, Jul 24, 2003 at 11:00:36AM -0700, Chris Petersen wrote:
> > In this context, I have wondered, is there any advantage in going SCSI
> > for mythtv? 
> 
> Honestly, there's no advantage of going with SCSI for anything these
> days.  I work for a company that builds high-end servers, and the SCSI
> systems give us WAY more trouble than the IDE ones.  Speed advantages
> can be overcome by the new 10krpm ide drives, and though the drives
> themselves may be more stable (it's arguable), scsi controllers
> (particularly the u320 ones) are not.  And then you have the whole cost
> thing...   If you want to get the "good" (ie. fast) system, go for the
> 10krpm SATA drives.
> 
> I'm still wary of the single-channel IDE.  I experienced quite a bit of
> video skipping when my optical drive was plugged in (never used), and it
> went away as soon as I unplugged it.
> 

Thanks for the reply. Sometimes I wish (fervently) that I had a deeper
understanding of HW issues. What I hear you saying (you may correct me)
is that modern IDE is fully as fast as SCSI for mythtv (appliance) use,
but to get a multichannel MB and hang the drives on different channels.

Good to know.

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