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Date:      Mon, 10 Dec 2001 00:23:38 -0600
From:      "David W. Chapman Jr." <dwcjr@inethouston.net>
To:        Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>
Cc:        Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>, Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>, Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.ORG>, Daniel O'Connor <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>, sthaug@nethelp.no, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG, j@uriah.heep.sax.de, joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de
Subject:   Re: "Dangerously dedicated" yet again (was: cvs commit: src/sys/kern subr_diskmbr.c)
Message-ID:  <20011210062338.GA51934@leviathan.inethouston.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0112092202050.27605-100000@InterJet.elischer.org>
References:  <200112100559.fBA5x2x43757@apollo.backplane.com> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0112092202050.27605-100000@InterJet.elischer.org>

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> > :> > IBM DTLA drives are known to rotate fast enough near the spindle
> > :> > that the sustained write speed exceeds the ability of the controller
> > :> > electronics to keep up, and results in crap being written to disk.
> 
> 
> I would adssume it actually the tracks FURTHEREST from the spindle..


Wouldn't the linear speed be faster closer to the spindle at 7200 RPM 
than at the edge?


-- 
David W. Chapman Jr.
dwcjr@inethouston.net	Raintree Network Services, Inc. <www.inethouston.net>
dwcjr@freebsd.org	FreeBSD Committer <www.FreeBSD.org>

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