Re: technical comparison

[Daniel C. Sobral]

Shannon Hendrix wrote:
> 
> > And just to get things worse... :-) the test must be made on the *same*
> > slice. If you configure two different slices, the one on the outer
> > tracks will be faster.
> 
> I cannot verify that with my drive, but my largest is 18GB so maybe
> the difference is not as pronounced as on some newer drives like those
> (currently) monster 70GB drives.

It should be measurable.

On one hand, more sectors per track, same time to read a single track =
more bytes read per second.

On the other hand, more sectors per track, more bytes per track, less
tracks per same size, less track seek needed.

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