Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2000 10:00:19 -0400 From: Thomas Stromberg <tstromberg@rtci.com> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org, sos@freebsd.dk Subject: ATA100-7200rpm vs 10k-rpm SCSI for build box Message-ID: <3986D7F3.35823C92@rtci.com>
next in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
I'm currently trying to put together a personal workstation whose primary duty is compiling large projects (FreeBSD, mozilla, grass, etc.) under FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT. Im basically trying to get as much performance for builds as I can without going broke. So far this is what Im looking at: $--- 128M PC133 RAM $150 Asus A7V (w/ Promise ATA100 controller) $297 AMD Athlon 850 (still waiting for than price drop) $63 Tekram 390F UW-SCSI Controller (Symbios) $132 4.5G 10000RPM Seagate Cheetah or $97 IBM Deskstar 75GXP ATA-100 7200RPM 15G (DTLA) The question is, whats the real speed difference between a IBM 75GX (http://www.tweakmax.com/html/ibm75gxp/ibm-1.cfm) and ye old 10000RPM Cheetahs in FreeBSD? Id imagine the Cheetah is faster for compiles, but is the difference small enough that Id be better off spending the $100 I save on ATA100 and spend it on another 128M of RAM. I would of course be using the drive as one drive per channel w/ softupdates, noatime. Any advice, bonnie stats, or make world times would be appreciated. -- thomas r. stromberg : tstromberg@rtci.com senior systems administrator : http://www.afterthought.org/ research triangle commerce, inc. : 1.919.657.1317 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?3986D7F3.35823C92>