>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 !!!
yes, a big difference, and trying to r/w an 8 MB cache through an ATA33
channel is hardly optimal.
Len
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