2nd hard disk for MySQL/PostgreSQL database under RedHat 7.2

[gaf at blu.org (Jerry Feldman)]

SCSI vs. EIDE.
JABR mentiuoned that it is best to use SCSI if one has a SCSI controller. However, I remember 
seeing recently that IDE (or EIDE) today will give you just as good performance. 

Today, IDE drives are still significantly less expensive than SCSI:
eg. A 7200RPM 100GB EIDE drive is about $175, and  the largest SCSI I could find is 73.4GB 
(10,000RPM) for about $465. 

For a commercial server, I would certainly go SCSI (or possibly firewire...). But for a personal 
system or a home based or even a lightly loaded commercial server, IDE is much more 
economical. Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
Associate Director
Boston Linux and Unix user group
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