Nigel, If you are not doing a lot of back-end IO then you probably won't notice a huge difference.
Radoslaw highlights question about platter size highlights that the faster drives do provide for better HDD consolidation for the simple fact that they can handle more IOPS. Ron > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Salway, Nigel > Sent: Friday, 26 January 2007 2:02 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: User experiences with 15K RPM drives in 2105 ESS > > Dear friends, > > > > I was wondering if anyone can share experiences with 15K RPM drives in a > 2105 ESS. Are there any noticeable performance benefits over the 10K RPM > drives? Any gotchas or warnings? > > > > TIA > > > > Nigel Salway > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html

