Costs and Benefits of SCSI
Initially, the cost of a SCSI system and SCSI devices is greater than IDE. However, there are several environments in which a SCSI system might justify the increased cost. Some ideal uses for SCSI include:
- File servers.
- Workstations (both graphical and audio).
- Multitasking systems.
- Systems moving large amounts of data between peripheral devices.
- Systems with a large number of peripheral devices.
- Systems requiring fault tolerance (mostly file servers).