RE: The speed of the 30 Gig Drives

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From: Will Lau (thinkpad_at_snappersolutions.com)
Date: Mon Oct 02 2000 - 23:45:33 EDT

> One person described the increase as "noticeable, but not
> dramatic."

Between the 30 vs 32 Gig or the 30 vs the 12 Gig?

BTW - RPM does not necessarily dictate speed. Right?

Thought exercise:

If I pack in 30gigs onto a disk instead of 12Gigs, wont the 30gig be reading
more data per revolution of the disk?

Would be nice to see all the real specs. Seek time, burst throughput, and
other specs that I'm guessing HDD makers slap onto their device.

-Will

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Emanuel Brown [mailto:epbrown01_at_att.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, 3 October 2000 6:47 a.m.
> To: thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu
> Subject: Re: The speed of the 30 Gig Drives
>
>
> On Tue, 3 Oct 2000 02:37:04 +1300, you wrote:
> >Are these new IBM drives any faster than say my 12Gig Travelstar?
> >Or the 18-20 Gig HDDs?
>
> The only 12.5mm drive faster than 4200 rpm is the 32GH, which is
> 32GB and 5411 rpm.
> >
> >Any real world increase in speed?
>
> One person described the increase as "noticeable, but not
> dramatic."
> Emanuel
> "Everybody wants a normal life and a cool car;
> most people settle for the car." Chris Titus
> 1983 911 SC
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