[rescue] Various machines for sale

Phil Stracchino phils at caerllewys.net
Wed Jan 8 15:05:11 EST 2025


On 1/8/25 14:56, Mouse via rescue wrote:
> As a technical geek, I prefer SCSI too.  I'm sad at how close to dead
> it appears to be.  I've got one SCSI device I have no good post-SCSI
> replacement for; it's one reason I still have SCSI cables and such.
> 
> But, as a sysadmin, I prefer IDE (and, now, SATA) - for disk - because
> it's significantly closer to "it Just Works".  Not as performant.  Not
> as flexible.  Not as elegant.  But a lot closer to the hassle-free
> "just hook it up and it works" that makes a sysadmin's life easier.
> 
> Which do I think is superior?  That depends on whether I'm speaking
> from my technical geek mindset or my sysadmin mindset.


So what's your feeling about SAS?


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