>>>I don't think the 2940UW is going to work with that disk, isn't that
>>>an LVD disk?
>>
>>LVD disks will happily fall back to SE SCSI if needed.
>>
>>	hauke
> 
> 
> Oh joy, it will work then?  I've just googled quickly for that,
> and don't understand a word of it (LVD vs. SE) but I'll spend
> some more time on it today.
> 
> I should get myself a book on SCSI as well.

as long as you don't want to develop SCSI hardware, a look at

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCSI

might be sufficient (and for free ;)

> 
> Are SCSI disks really all they are cracked up to be?  Is SCSI vs.
> ATA just a religious war, or are there technical merits to SCSI?

it's 50/50. IMHO if money is not a limiting factor, go SCSI or SAS (in
future) and enjoy much better performance and reliability.

HTH,

timo