Date: Tue, 2 Apr 1996 12:31:52 -0800 (PST) From: Steve Reid <steve@edmweb.com> To: "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> Cc: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>, Zeki@Dilbert.Oasysinc.com, stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: SCSI Performance under -stable/-current Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960402122554.7593A-100000@kirk.edmweb.com> In-Reply-To: <199604021811.KAA03701@GndRsh.aac.dev.com>
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> > One should always temper theory with reality. You can go a lot faster by > > striping your sectors across several surfaces, for example. > Very very very rare. I thought having more that one platter would do this?? It doesn't actually split one sector over multiple surfaces, but adjacent sectors could be (and are?). Can grab several sectors in parallel that way. Disclaimer: I probably don't know what I'm talking about.
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