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From: d0mund01@ulkyvx.bitnet
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Which disk for '386 unix box?
Message-ID: <1991May1.135258.264@ulkyvx.bitnet>
Date: 1 May 91 17:52:58 GMT
Organization: University of Louisville
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I'm preparing to buy a 386 based unix system (probably SCO XENIX) and
I'm befuddled by all the disk/controller options.

Can anyone tell me how SCSI, ESDI, IDE or other types of drives compare?

The system will be running some pretty disk intensive stuff (randomly
accessed) so I want to be sure I don't step wrong here and get stuck
with a too slow disk.

Are the differences significant or do they dissapear with a little caching?

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