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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!EU.net!Austria.EU.net!news.aut.alcatel.at!atusc74!ladavac From: ladavac@aut.alcatel.at (Marino Ladavac) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: nfs speed question Date: 5 Jan 1996 13:04:58 GMT Organization: Alcatel Austria AG Lines: 12 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4cj7lq$gip@atusks02.aut.alcatel.at> References: <2019011754@f401.n711.z3.ftn> NNTP-Posting-Host: atusc74.aut.alcatel.at X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Trev Roydhouse (Trev.Roydhouse@f401.n711.z3.fidonet.org) wrote: : > Don't use Quantum fireball harddisks... : Why not? According to c't magazine test, they have an abysmal SCSI implementation. SCSI subsystem is not capable to transfer data on platter speed from the outside half of the disk. EIDE version of the same disk has no such problems, and is 20% cheaper (c't's words: for 20% more you get 30% less.) /Alby