On Tuesday, May 14, 2002, at 05:46 pm, Tyler Smith wrote:
> The SCSI controller is slow enough already, why not get all you can > from it? Because it would be wasting money to buy a drive that will read/write data far faster than the SE/30's disc controller can handle it. Once your HD is faster than the SE/30, then paying a penny/cent/dime/nickel more for an even faster HD is simply throwing money away. http://www.lowendmac.com/benchmarks/se30.shtml reports: "Tests with other Macs show the ST2.1S runs faster then 4 Mbps, so the 1,497K write and 1,850K read ceilings seems to be a limit on the SE/30's SCSI throughput." IMHO, while 7200rpm drives might improve responsiveness a little, anything over IGb in SCSI drives is likely to be far faster than the SE/30's interface. Stuart -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
