installing a SCSI hard drive

[Raye]

I have an SCSI hard drive ordered new off ebay. Basically an "Ooops!" as IDE is what I needed. I've been reading ya'lls posts about IDE, SATA, and SCSI. The hard drive is Fujitsu model # MAA3182SC part # CA01606- B96600DC serial # 00006234

Nothing came with it. no CD or floppy, no cables- just the hard drive. My neighbor needs a bigger hard drive for an old Dell she has (still has PC133 RAM and 8MB hard drive). I have a machspeed motherboard and she has a dragonlite motherboard in another computer. We can switch hard drives around so as to get one into the Dell. But the question is; can this SCSI be used on motherboards with only IDE interfaces- perhaps through the PCI card adapters I've seen mentioned on this site? In order to use this hard drive, can anyone tell me specifically what adapters and cables I would need to get and of course I would still have to get a driver for it or with the cost of the neccessary parts, is it worth it or should I just buy another IDE hard drive.

Another question, would this SCSI drive be better for video editing than an IDE drive. Could it be installed along with an IDE drive.

[glc]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16816123102

Is the cost worth it to you?

[Raye]

Thanks! I do believe 5 bucks is in my price range! I figured on alot more than that for parts. So all I would need is that card and a cable to get this hard drive running? I notice there is no plug for a power cable on this thing. does it get it's power through the tape?

[Raye]

Boy am I stupid! the $5 was for shipping. no $50+ isn't worth it to me. One more question though, would an SCSI hard drive provide any more advantages when doing alot of video editing than a regular IDE drive?

[glc]

Not really, when you can get an 80 gig IDE drive for the same price as that *cheap* SCSI card. Good SCSI cards are a lot more expensive. That 18 gig SCSI drive just isn't that fast by today's standards.

If there's not a standard 4 pin Molex power socket on your drive, you have an 80 pin drive, which is designed for hotswap backplanes in a server - and you need adapters to connect it to a standard 68 pin SCSI cable - that's another 20 bucks. Also, it will be LVD, which means you need an external terminator - ANOTHER 20 bucks. See where we are going here?

[Raye]

Yeah I see where you are going, even if I don't understand all the terms you use for the cables and adapters I do understand 50 bucks, 20 bucks, 20 bucks, .......

It would be cheaper to throw this thing away than to use it! I won't throw it away but the thought is there.

Thanks for clearing that up for me. I kept reading stuff about SCSI but just remained in the dark and ended up being even more confused.

[glc]

SCSI is a server and high end workstation thing. It's designed for speed servicing multiple simultaneous requests and long term durability - and the ability to hang 6 drives off each controller port. It is a very expensive technology to use compared to IDE and SATA. Today's top end IDE and SATA perform just about as well in normal use, in fact, more and more lower end servers are using SATA now to keep cost down without impacting much on performance. SCSI is extremely expensive if you need massive amounts of storage - a 300gb SCSI drive costs $730.