Quoting Andy Sy ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > http://www.lostcircuits.com/advice/ibm_maxtor/13.shtml
One notes that all tests used Win32 software only. > Even for ATA100 drives it seems?!? I don't get it. And accdg. to this > article, VIA's onboard ATA controller sucks terribly. Anyway, it > certainly doesn't seem like these higher bandwidth ATA specs are > useless. Could be that that this VIA motherboard's ATA circuitry is simply really bad, without particular regard to rated maximum transfer speed. That wouldn't be the first time. > While the drive mechanism itself may not be able to pump out enough > bandwidth to max out the interface, the cache memory on the hard disk > (which are quite large nowadays) will. Generally 1-2 MB -- but don't forget that the same data that sticks in the disk's cache will also stick in the OS's cache buffers, and Linux has very efficient cache buffer management. The latter will tend to mask the effect of the former. -- Cheers, There are only 10 types of people in this world -- Rick Moen those who understand binary arithmetic and those who don't. [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
