SCSI vs. EIDE

What hard drive technology to choose, SCSI or EIDE? Are SCSI hard drives better than EIDE hard drives? This is a topic of many books and magazine articles. The purpose of this report is to give a somewhat detailed comparison between SCSI (small computer system interface) hard drives and EIDE (enhanced integrated drive electronics) hard drives.
EIDE is great a solution for those on a limited budget. If money is no consideration and you're using something more modern than DOS or Windows version 3, SCSI should be your hard drive of choice. Unfortunately, for most of us budget is limited, and there's a real choice to be made between a SCSI based system on one hand, and an EIDE based one with more RAM, a slightly faster CPU or better screen, on the other. You need to weigh the pros and cons in your specific situation. So why purchase SCSI? A single SCSI channel supports up to seven devices. Two channels, for a total of fourteen devices, are becoming more and more common. On the EIDE side...