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<DIV><SPAN class=586515317-30072001><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Sort
off, well that depends really. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=586515317-30072001><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>In
most cases you will do fine in with IDE. Seems like the time generating and
latency due to the program out ways that of 7200rpm IDE drives. What it boils
down to though is how many users you are expecting to hit the website,
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<DIV><SPAN class=586515317-30072001><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>if its
a lot >500 a day or so, SCSI will make a slight difference. IMO though I have
set up commercial servers, not for GIS based web application however, on IDE
Raids that gives me the performance I need for substantially lower costs than an
equivalent SCSI based system.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=586515317-30072001><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>The
other argument is that there is so much latency in accessing anything over the
web, that the performance gain in using SCSI is insignificant.
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<DIV><SPAN class=586515317-30072001><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>my
.02</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
owner-mapserver-users@lists.gis.umn.edu
[mailto:owner-mapserver-users@lists.gis.umn.edu]<B>On Behalf Of
</B>nyon<BR><B>Sent:</B> 30 July 2001 03:49<BR><B>To:</B>
mapserver-users@lists.gis.umn.edu<BR><B>Subject:</B> [mapserver-users] RE: To
SCSI or not ?<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am setting up my map server on a shoestring
budget and was </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>wondering whether a SCSI hardisk makes a big
difference compared to a IDE- 7200rpm hd for</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>serving maps.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>thanks</FONT></DIV>
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