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Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 13:12:59 -0700
From: Kelsey Cummings <kgc@sonic.net>
To: Bsd Newbie <bsdneophyte@yahoo.com>
Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: performance difference on IDE 7200 and 5200rpm drives?
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On Fri, Sep 28, 2001 at 01:01:31PM -0700, Bsd Newbie wrote:
> 
> I'm looking to upgrade my 15gb ata100 5400 rpm drive to something
> larger...
> 
> I was looking at a 80gb ata100 5400rpm drive or a 60gb ata100 7200 drive.
> 
> The system I have supports ata66 and I plan to use this system as a file
> server for many large graphic and movie images.
> 
> Is a 7200rpm going to be much more useful than a 5400rpm... or no?

A 7200 rpm disk should be alot faster than the 5400rpm disk all the way
around.

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