Re: RE: [Thinkpad] regarding faster HDD's !?

Hello
with your reply like following:
> Both the 60gb 7200RPM and the 80gb 5400RPM,
> have an 8MB buffer and 2/4 heads

I would check the manufaturer's website and
compare, HGST has Comparing Tools there,
very well all the specs on their respective
datasheets !!

Just intuitive: I myself would choose the
bigger but slower one ;-)

svobi

rpritz@rcn.com on 24/01/2004 16:43:41
To: i-lists@synass.net
cc: thinkpad@stderr.org
Subject: Re: RE: [Thinkpad] regarding faster HDD's !?

At 04:20 PM 1/24/2004 -0400, i-lists wrote:
>Hi everbody
>I notice that in the discussion of faster HDD's the discussion
>only touches one single spec: HDD rotational speed i.e.
>5400 resp 7200 rpm !!
>
>This HDD rotational speed is not the only spec to get a HDD faster !?
>
>Against older and slower HDD's the newer ones do not have
>increased rpm's ...
>... they also may provide bigger cache buffers,
>i.e. 8MB against 2MB only !!!
>
>One more criteria is the amount of heads:
>Where the elder, slower have 1/2 heads only ...
>... the newer ones do have 2/4 heads !!
>
>High rotational speed is good but almost noisier !
>A bigger cache buffer isn't noisy !
>The (more) heads may cause some click(s) !

Both the 60gb 7200RPM and the 80gb 5400RPM, have an 8MB buffer and 2/4
heads.

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Received on Sat Jan 24 11:26:12 2004