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>  * I found about a 250% improvement in speed going from a JAZ drive to a
>  * 10ms 5400rpm drive.
> 
> I'm not saying that 10ms 5,400rpm SCSI drives are not faster than JAZ, 
> I'm saying that they are not much better than 11ms 5,200rpm IDE
> drives.

However, not all 5400 RPM drives are created equal. The IBM DORS-32160
and DCAS-32160/34330 disks are all 5400 RPM 8.5ms. They work very well
here, and run nice and cool. I'd recommend them to anybody.

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no