Ross Hunter wrote: > Hello All, I just bought a new 18 GB IBM scsi hard drive (ultrastar 73ZX) > from OWC and I can't get decent throughput. It's a 68 pin drive with a > provided converter to 50 pin. I'm running it on an 8600/200 with 640 MB of > RAM, VM off. I'm using another drive to terminate the chain and it has a > unique I.D. I formatted it with HDT and ran the numbers after I received > disk too slow errors when writing multitrack audio. The seek times are > phenomenal but the throughput is about 1 MB a second. My old stock drives > move 5-7 MB a second! It's a 10,000 RPM Drive so I assumed it would behave > as well (or better) than my old drives. I don't know if it's looking for too > much information (hence busying the bus) or what? Do I need a scsi > controller card to configure the drive correctly? I figure if you guys don't > know then nobody does! Thanks in advance, > >
One of the problems with using an adapter is that you're still restricted to the internal SCSI bus (10MB/sec.), which defeats having a fast hard drive. Though in your case it's worse for some reason. A controller card would be a good idea. -+-+-+- RPM -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
