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This is what I've heard, not sure if it's all 100% true:
- IDE uses CPU system resources whereas SCSI does not
- SCSI can multi-task better then IDE
- If you're using a database then SCSI is better
- SCSI Raid is much better... an IDE RAID card isn't hot-swapable... plus IDE RAID are all aftermarket and you can't buy name-brand servers with IDE RAID
- Software RAID sucks ass so don't try that with IDE
- SCSI can be faster (up to 15k, even faster in some cases)
I've seen people webhost with IDE and SCSI and really don't think you can tell a big difference if you're just pushing Apache...
One thing you can't argue about is the RPM of IDE vs SCSI... so if you're basing on faster drives and you have the cash, go SCSI
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