At 12:44 PM -0500 11/12/2008, Len Gerstel wrote: >On Nov 12, 2008, at 11:58 AM, Dan wrote: > > On another note... There are a lot of 1 TB drives going for $99 or >> less right now. Careful, folx! Many of them are LP size (normal >> 3.5" drives) but then they're 5400rpm instead of 7200 rpm! So they >> cannot keep up with their fast SATA or USB 2 or FW interfaces! IOW, >> they're cheap because they're s l o o o o o w. > >Just remember, slow is a relative term. They won't saturate a FW or >SATA channel at full throughput, but may max out a usb 2 interface.
Real interfaces vs the USB-Joke. ROFLable but I'm too tired. sigh. :) >Also, remember that even a slow drive by todays standards will be >faster than HDs of 2-3 years ago. Yea, IF you keep your i/o smaller than the drive's buffer. Adding a bigger buffer while slowing the drive down is the equiv of putting a sleek runner's outfit on a fat pig. Areal density notwithstanding, these drives still have the long latencies and seek times. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
