Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 13:12:59 -0700 From: Kelsey Cummings <kgc@sonic.net> To: Bsd Newbie <bsdneophyte@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: performance difference on IDE 7200 and 5200rpm drives? Message-ID: <20010928131259.H94549@sonic.net> In-Reply-To: <20010928200131.3397.qmail@web20109.mail.yahoo.com>; from bsdneophyte@yahoo.com on Fri, Sep 28, 2001 at 01:01:31PM -0700 References: <20010928200131.3397.qmail@web20109.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Fri, Sep 28, 2001 at 01:01:31PM -0700, Bsd Newbie wrote: > > I'm looking to upgrade my 15gb ata100 5400 rpm drive to something > larger... > > I was looking at a 80gb ata100 5400rpm drive or a 60gb ata100 7200 drive. > > The system I have supports ata66 and I plan to use this system as a file > server for many large graphic and movie images. > > Is a 7200rpm going to be much more useful than a 5400rpm... or no? A 7200 rpm disk should be alot faster than the 5400rpm disk all the way around. -- Kelsey Cummings - kgc@sonic.net sonic.net System Administrator 300 B Street, Ste 101 707.522.1000 (Voice) Santa Rosa, CA 95404 707.547.2199 (Fax) http://www.sonic.net/ Fingerprint = 7F 59 43 1B 44 8A 0D 57 91 08 73 73 7A 48 90 C5 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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