Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 06:53:37 -0300 From: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com> To: Shannon Hendrix <shannon@widomaker.com> Cc: Jason Andresen <jandrese@mitre.org>, "Albert D. Cahalan" <acahalan@cs.uml.edu>, ccf@master.ndi.net, gordont@bluemtn.net, jkh@osd.bsdi.com, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: technical comparison Message-ID: <3B0B88A1.BFB8D073@newsguy.com> References: <200105221816.f4MIGK1171051@saturn.cs.uml.edu> <3B0AB4B1.78A0FB0A@mitre.org> <20010522212029.D2734@widomaker.com> <3B0B187D.47C98452@newsguy.com> <20010522223120.C5012@widomaker.com>
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Shannon Hendrix wrote: > > > And just to get things worse... :-) the test must be made on the *same* > > slice. If you configure two different slices, the one on the outer > > tracks will be faster. > > I cannot verify that with my drive, but my largest is 18GB so maybe > the difference is not as pronounced as on some newer drives like those > (currently) monster 70GB drives. It should be measurable. On one hand, more sectors per track, same time to read a single track = more bytes read per second. On the other hand, more sectors per track, more bytes per track, less tracks per same size, less track seek needed. -- Daniel C. Sobral (8-DCS) dcs@newsguy.com dcs@freebsd.org capo@the.secret.bsdconspiracy.net wow regex humor... I'm a geek To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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