On Sat, 12 Apr 2003, Miernik wrote: > > 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.
Well, some of the Seagate Cheetah's are 3.6ms. Then again, they're 15krpm, and not the four 5400 rpm drives that the above raid array is composed of.
