What is a "scuzy" harddrive? I'm not sure it's spelled right.?

Question

What is dif bet scsi and ide?

Answer 1

"Scuzzy" is a common interpretation of SCSI (Small Computer System Interface)

It is a system of hard drives that uses a different methodology of getting the information through the wires in and out of the hard drive. Before SATA2 it was about the fastest thing around. SCSI drives spin faster usually and read/write data faster. The ability of the SCSI system to have multiple drives on one channel makes them a favorite for servers where large capacity and backup (redundant) drives are needed. They are usually a lot more expensive and rarely found in workstations or the home environment.

Answer 2

This is the answer for the additional question:

You can usually tell by looking at either the label on the drive or the connector to the controller.

Most SCSI drives are labeled such on the label that has the model and serial number on the drive. The connector to a SCSI drive is also different than an IDE drive.

SCSI-1 Narrow uses a 50-pin connector
SCSI-2 Wide uses a 68-pin connector
SCSI-3 wide uses a 68-pin connector
Ultra SCSI 160 uses an 80-pin connector

Answer 3

It is SCSI -- This acronym is pronounced "scuzzy" and stands for Small Computer Systems Interface. There are two types of interfaces for hard drives, CD-ROM drives, etc. One is SCSI, the other is IDE. IDE is much more common and less expensive. SCSI is more expensive and also more flexible and generally faster. With a single SCSI card you can have 15 or more devices whereas you are only allowed to have 4 devices with an IDE system. The fastest hard drives (and generally CD-ROM drives too) are SCSI-based. ...

Answer 4

It stands for Small Computer System Interface. It is/was used in commercial servers and high end PC back in the stone age. It is actually a better system than the EIDE or the Serial ATA interface but is more expensive to use. If you look at your HD properties and have a SATA HD you will notice that you have SCSI firmware. You also have a SCSI controller listed in your hardware properties even if you only have EIDE HD's.

The advantages were /are a wider buss (much faster transfer rate) and able to chain 7 devices, not just HD, to one controller.

Hope this helps

Answer 5

It's pronounced scuzzy but its spelt scsi. SCSI stands for Small Computer Systems Interface, which is widely used in medium and large systems. SCSI is an industry-standard interface and generally offers faster transfer rates than does ATA/IDE, the interface most commonly used in desktop PCs.

In general, ATA/IDE is considered easier to implement and less expensive but does not offer as many features as SCSI. SCSI can support both the connection of many devices and the connection of many devices over long distances.
It's used to made RAIDS. Used with either software, or raid array controllers. You can have two drives mirrored or 3 or more drives and make it with a parity. SCSI drives are used for data recovery. If one drive fails in a raid array youcan always recover the information .

Answer 6

(sku´zē) Short for small computer system interface, a parallel interface standard used by Apple Macintosh computers, PCs, and many UNIX systems for attaching peripheral devices to computers. Nearly all Apple Macintosh computers, excluding only the earliest Macs and the recent iMac, come with a SCSI port for attaching devices such as disk drives and printers.

SCSI interfaces provide for faster data transmission rates (up to 80 megabytes per second) than standard serial and parallel ports. In addition, you can attach many devices to a single SCSI port, so that SCSI is really an I/O bus rather than simply an interface.

Although SCSI is an ANSI standard, there are many variations of it, so two SCSI interfaces may be incompatible. For example, SCSI supports several types of connectors.

While SCSI has been the standard interface for Macintoshes, the iMac comes with IDE, a less expensive interface, in which the controller is integrated into the disk or CD-ROM drive. Other interfaces supported by PCs include enhanced IDE and ESDI for mass storage devices, and Centronics for printers. You can, however, attach SCSI devices to a PC by inserting a SCSI board in one of the expansion slots. Many high-end new PCs come with SCSI built in. Note, however, that the lack of a single SCSI standard means that some devices may not work with some SCSI boards.

The following varieties of SCSI are currently implemented:
# SCSI-1: Uses an 8-bit bus, and supports data rates of 4 MBps
# SCSI-2: Same as SCSI-1, but uses a 50-pin connector instead of a 25-pin connector, and supports multiple devices. This is what most people mean when they refer to plain SCSI.
# Wide SCSI: Uses a wider cable (168 cable lines to 68 pins) to support 16-bit transfers.
# Fast SCSI: Uses an 8-bit bus, but doubles the clock rate to support data rates of 10 MBps.
# Fast Wide SCSI: Uses a 16-bit bus and supports data rates of 20 MBps.
# Ultra SCSI: Uses an 8-bit bus, and supports data rates of 20 MBps.
# SCSI-3: Uses a 16-bit bus and supports data rates of 40 MBps. Also called Ultra Wide SCSI.
# Ultra2 SCSI: Uses an 8-bit bus and supports data rates of 40 MBps.
# Wide Ultra2 SCSI: Uses a 16-bit bus and supports data rates of 80 MBps

Answer 7

SCSI

(sku´zē) Short for small computer system interface, a parallel interface standard used by Apple Macintosh computers, PCs, and many UNIX systems for attaching peripheral devices to computers. Nearly all Apple Macintosh computers, excluding only the earliest Macs and the recent iMac, come with a SCSI port for attaching devices such as disk drives and printers.
SCSI interfaces provide for faster data transmission rates (up to 80 megabytes per second) than standard serial and parallel ports. In addition, you can attach many devices to a single SCSI port, so that SCSI is really an I/O bus rather than simply an interface.

Although SCSI is an ANSI standard, there are many variations of it, so two SCSI interfaces may be incompatible. For example, SCSI supports several types of connectors.

While SCSI has been the standard interface for Macintoshes, the iMac comes with IDE, a less expensive interface, in which the controller is integrated into the disk or CD-ROM drive. Other interfaces supported by PCs include enhanced IDE and ESDI for mass storage devices, and Centronics for printers. You can, however, attach SCSI devices to a PC by inserting a SCSI board in one of the expansion slots. Many high-end new PCs come with SCSI built in. Note, however, that the lack of a single SCSI standard means that some devices may not work with some SCSI boards.

The following varieties of SCSI are currently implemented:

SCSI-1: Uses an 8-bit bus, and supports data rates of 4 MBps
SCSI-2: Same as SCSI-1, but uses a 50-pin connector instead of a 25-pin connector, and supports multiple devices. This is what most people mean when they refer to plain SCSI.
Wide SCSI: Uses a wider cable (168 cable lines to 68 pins) to support 16-bit transfers.
Fast SCSI: Uses an 8-bit bus, but doubles the clock rate to support data rates of 10 MBps.
Fast Wide SCSI: Uses a 16-bit bus and supports data rates of 20 MBps.
Ultra SCSI: Uses an 8-bit bus, and supports data rates of 20 MBps.
SCSI-3: Uses a 16-bit bus and supports data rates of 40 MBps. Also called Ultra Wide SCSI.
Ultra2 SCSI: Uses an 8-bit bus and supports data rates of 40 MBps.
Wide Ultra2 SCSI: Uses a 16-bit bus and supports data rates of 80 MBps.

Answer 8

"Scuzzy" is how people speak the computer term "SCSI"
It's a means of connecting devices like hard drives to the computer. They connect to the motherboard either internally or externally via a connection or added SCSI card.

Here's more detailed information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCSI

Answer 9

It's pronounced that way, but spelled SCSI and refers to the format of how it holds data. SCSI drives are less common these days (at least that I have seen) with external hard drives now using USB ports, and people able to store files on USB flash drives

Answer 10

It's the loose pronunciation of SCSI, which stands for Small Computer System Interface. You can read all about it at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCSI .