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SCSI RAID Put To The Test: It's Not Just Performance That Counts

In addition, SCSI hard drives are clearly superior to IDE models when it comes to I/O performance. While IDE drives provide excellent data transfer rates, they usually cannot keep pace with high performance SCSI when it comes to demanding applications such as huge databases or file servers.

Finally, most SCSI drives come with a warranty period of five years - that gives quite a good feeling after checking the shrunken warranties of IDE drives. The majority only offers a one-year factory warranty since late summer.

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Patrick Schmid
Editor-in-Chief (2005-2006)

Patrick Schmid was the editor-in-chief for Tom's Hardware from 2005 to 2006. He wrote numerous articles on a wide range of hardware topics, including storage, CPUs, and system builds.