Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1998 15:32:50 +0100 From: Karl Pielorz <kpielorz@tdx.co.uk> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: FreeBSD-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Which IBM IDE disk? Message-ID: <361F7012.60C13628@tdx.co.uk> References: <19981010184749.Y3369@freebie.lemis.com>
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Greg Lehey wrote: > > I've looked at the IBM web site, and I can't find any significant > difference between the three series. They all have a 9.5 ms average > positioning time, the same average latency, the same rotational speed, > a 512 kB buffer from which the firmware steals a chunk, the same > interface, and documents which are laid out completely differently > just to confuse me. Does anybody know a reason I should shell out $31 > more for the DTTA? > > Greg Hi Greg, I think the DS16 has a much better media transfer rate compared to the DS8... The DS16 also has a faster sustained data rate (13 to 8Mb/sec for the DS16 vs. 10.2 to 5.8Mb/sec for the DS8)... I guess it depends on how much the $31 extra is worth to you... ;-) Regards, Karl To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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