SCSI DVD and SCSI cards

[Dave2]

Since 16x DVD transfer data at a sustained 21000 Kbps would a SCSI card that does 20MB/sec be too slow for a 16x DVD SCSI?

[Barney]

I think it would be,but I also think it doesn't matter very much.Like with a normal 50x CD-rom player or so,you hardly get that full speed out of it,because it's only that fast when it really needs to be that fast,what's (almost) never happens.

Ronald

[otheos]

it'll be ok, after all the DVD is an ultraSCSI device so 20MB/s is all it can do. I know of no UW DVD drives (40MB/s) so, you'll be fine. Do you use many DVD-Rom based data?

EDIT: Sorry Barney but DVD's are still slow enough (spindle) to be CLV so they do 16x all the time.

[This message has been edited by otheos (edited 10-16-2000).]