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Sachin8888
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what is differnce between SCSI Drive & ATA drive

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ASKED: August 17, 2008  2:01 PM
UPDATED: August 20, 2008  7:15 PM
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A comparison of SCSI and ATA concludes that the difference lies in: 1. Connectivity - ATA supports internal storage while SCSI supports both internal and external storage 2. Speed - ATA speed ranges from 100/133/150 MB/sec while SCSI speeds up to 320MB/sec 3. Hot Pluggable - ATA does not support hot pluggable while SCSI does. 4. Expandability -ATA is easier to set up. SCSI has great expandability but its very expensive. 5. Cost - SCSI is high cost and better performance than ATA HTH Swati The difference is the interface :- <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scsi">SCSI</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Technology_Attachment">ATA</a> Regards, Martin.
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Sachin8888, please don’t use a tag like “fresher.” The purpose of tags is to describe your question, not yourself. I’ll add a few tags but for future questions, please use tags that best describe your question. Thanks.

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