> 
> definitely a common thing to hear. Unfortunately the CPU hit I am
> forced into taking with IDE is horrendous. Comparing two cpu-intensive
> cgi sites, one w/ scsi and one w/out, I can definitely feel the
> difference.

is it true with UDMA modes too?

i have IDE drive and don't see high CPU load
 
> >
> > i think 2 7200 IBM IDE drives with ccd will give similar performance with
> > more space and less money.
> >
>