[NTLUG:Discuss] Re: 'Real World' Hard-drive throughput - SATA vs Ultra160 SCSI

[David Simmons]

Bryan,

I've always enjoyed your postings because they are thorough and I learn
more than the original question....but, all I really wanted to know was:

On Tue, 2005-08-23 at 09:15 -0700, Bryan J. Smith wrote:
> Q:  Would the drives be comparable in performance?

Do you really get 150MegaBytes per second on SATA (of course we both
know that the answer is 'No'...and like you stated (I think) it's more
around 80MegaBytes/sec).

Not having experience with SCSI, I was wanting to know if that same
principle held true for Ultra160...because (according to the marketing)
the Ultra40, Ultra80 would be inferior...while Ultra320 would be 'twice'
as fast?  I find it hard to believe that it's that simple...BUT, on a
side-by-side comparison...and just looking for a ball park answer, how
would they compare?

Thanks - Dave