Re: SCSI vs. IDE performance test

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephen [mailto:jleelim@xxxxxx.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 9:02 AM
> To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
> Subject: Re: [GENERAL] SCSI vs. IDE performance test
>
>
> The SCSI improvement over IDE seems overrated in the test. I
> would have expected at most a 30% improvement. Other reviews
> seem to point out that IDE performs just as well or better.
>
> See Tom's hardware:
> http://www20.tomshardware.com/storage/20020305> /index.html
>

My own tests show that 15K RPM ultra 320 SCSI drives are considerably
faster than any IDE storage.

This ATA drive:
http://www.wdc.com/en/products/WD360GD.asp

Performs as well or better than many SCSI drives, and are not terribly
expensive.  Therefore, these are a very good choice if price performance
is more important than absolute performance.

But if you need absolute horsepower, then one of these (or other 15K
Ultra320 equivalent) won't be beaten:
http://www.storagereview.com/articles/200304/200304068C073x0_1.html