Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2000 17:03:48 +0200 (CEST) From: Soren Schmidt <sos@freebsd.dk> To: tstromberg@rtci.com (Thomas Stromberg) Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ATA100-7200rpm vs 10k-rpm SCSI for build box Message-ID: <200008011503.RAA39454@freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: <3986D7F3.35823C92@rtci.com> from Thomas Stromberg at "Aug 1, 2000 10:00:19 am"
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It seems Thomas Stromberg wrote: > > $--- 128M PC133 RAM > $150 Asus A7V (w/ Promise ATA100 controller) > $297 AMD Athlon 850 (still waiting for than price drop) > $63 Tekram 390F UW-SCSI Controller (Symbios) > $132 4.5G 10000RPM Seagate Cheetah > or > $97 IBM Deskstar 75GXP ATA-100 7200RPM 15G (DTLA) > > The question is, whats the real speed difference between a IBM 75GX > (http://www.tweakmax.com/html/ibm75gxp/ibm-1.cfm) and ye old 10000RPM > Cheetahs in FreeBSD? Id imagine the Cheetah is faster for compiles, but > is the difference small enough that Id be better off spending the $100 I > save on ATA100 and spend it on another 128M of RAM. I would of course be > using the drive as one drive per channel w/ softupdates, noatime. > > Any advice, bonnie stats, or make world times would be appreciated. Hmm, I have an Abit KA7-100 (thanks to Trent George!) here with IBM 75GXP drives on it (btw the KA7-100 is a VERY nice board) so I will give it a shot on bonnie and world later today to give you some numbers. I would go for the ATA setup and extra RAM but I'm biased :) PS I have ATA100 support for the HPT370 used on the KA7-100 running, but I haven't gotten to the Promise Ultra100 lying here next to me yet, watch -current for updates on it... -Søren To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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