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#! rnews 1950 bsd Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!newsfeed.direct.ca!portc01.blue.aol.com!portc02.blue.aol.com!howland.erols.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!iag.net!tous2.oau.org!bilver!bill From: bill@bilver.oau.org (Bill Vermillion) Subject: Re: IDE vs SCSI (was Re: Linux vs BSD) Organization: W. J. Vermillion - Orlando / Winter Park, FL Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 15:03:38 GMT Message-ID: <1997Jan27.150338.19577@bilver.oau.org> References: <32DFFEAB.7704@usa.net> <5cblts$emh@junkie.gnofn.org> <01bc0a7a$4d9c2d60$d69f389d@v-jurgex-main> <5cekfd$3c6@junkie.gnofn.org> Lines: 26 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.misc:152542 comp.os.linux.setup:92327 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:5613 comp.unix.bsd.misc:1923 In article <5cekfd$3c6@junkie.gnofn.org>, Craig Johnston <craig@gnofn.org> wrote: >In article <01bc0a7a$4d9c2d60$d69f389d@v-jurgex-main>, >Jurgen Exner <v-jurgex@microsoft.com> wrote: >>Craig Johnston <craig@gnofn.org> wrote in article >><5cblts$emh@junkie.gnofn.org>... >>> [...] >>> similar to SCSI drives of the same capacity. (excepting the high-end >>> 7200RPM stuff -- do they even make EIDE drives this fast? ) >> >>7200rpm isn't high-end any more. >>Seagate already produces a line of 10.000rpm HDs. > >Please don't be pedantic. It's not "highest end." It's still >faster than most people are using. I am aware of the 10,000 RPM >seagate product -- prohibitively expensive at the moment. >Thank you for your useful post. Some of the IBM 5400 RPM drives have faster throughput than the 7200 RPM Baracuddas. We just bought a couple close-out 2GB at $349 that scream. They are using MR heads and high density. I don't recall the number at this moment. Sorry. -- Bill Vermillion - bill.vermillion@oau.org | bill@bilver.com