On Sat, 2003-04-12 at 07:44, Miernik wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Mike Dresser wrote: > > > Here's the Raid5 values: > > > > Version 1.03 ------Sequential Output------ --Sequential Input- > > --Random- > > -Per Chr- --Block-- -Rewrite- -Per Chr- --Block-- > > --Seeks-- > > Machine Size K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP /sec > > %CP > > mike 1G 18574 64 20326 6 9319 2 28163 89 94607 8 381.1 > > 0 > > Is ............................................................... this > ^^^^^^^^ > the reciprocal (1/x) of random access time? > > If yes, is it really possible to get 2.6 ms random access time on > mechanical hard disks? I've never seen a drive which gives a value > less then 8 ms in the specifications.
I've never seen a drive which gives a value of more than 250 GB in the specifications. This (and the fact that this is a RAID5 array) means there must be at least 3 drives working together on the seeks. -- Tot ziens, Bart-Jan
