Date: Fri, 24 Apr 1998 16:08:47 -0700 From: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com> To: Satoshi Asami <asami@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: remy@synx.com, dwilde1@ibm.net, don@partsnow.com, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: *** Real Action Item: SPECweb Message-ID: <35411B7F.445BCF20@feral.com> References: <199804242305.QAA17891@vader.cs.berkeley.edu>
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Satoshi Asami wrote: > > * From: Remy NONNENMACHER <remy@synx.com> > > * "Cache volume: NetWare volume spanning six drives, > * each with a single 204MB partition" > * > * This means they used stripping and only the beginning of disks (where > * the media rate is the highest). Hard to beat without a well tuned ccd > > Also don't forget that the seek times go way down if you're only > seeking between a few tracks instead of the whole disk. :) > > Actually- not necessarily- I've heard that with some of the newer very high density disks that settle time has gone back up to ~2ms or so (while seek time gets < 8ms...). To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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