[H] Looking for Laptop Drive recommendation

2005-10-26 Thread Christopher Fisk
We have a device which uses laptop sized drives (2.5 form facter) and we need to find a high performance drive for one customer. (We're running into serious IO bottlenecks. Can anyone recommend a fast drive? Thanks, Christopher Fisk -- I DO NOT HAVE POWER OF ATTORNEY OVER FIRST GRADERS I

[H] Looking for Laptop Drive recommendation

2005-10-26 Thread Tim Lider
. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christopher Fisk Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 5:59 AM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] Looking for Laptop Drive recommendation We have a device which uses laptop sized drives (2.5 form facter

Re: [H] Looking for Laptop Drive recommendation

2005-10-26 Thread JRS
: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christopher Fisk Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 5:59 AM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] Looking for Laptop Drive recommendation We have a device which uses laptop sized drives (2.5 form facter) and we need to find a high

Re: [H] Looking for Laptop Drive recommendation

2005-10-26 Thread Thane Sherrington (S)
At 10:59 AM 26/10/2005, Tim Lider wrote: I personally recommend the 5400rpm drives from Toshiba, GAX models. They are good performers and are pretty durable. Other manufactures such as Western Digital, Seagate and Fujitsu also make 5400 rpm drives. These drives are not as popular or have the

Re: [H] Looking for Laptop Drive recommendation

2005-10-26 Thread Thane Sherrington (S)
At 11:07 AM 26/10/2005, JRS wrote: Tim, do you know which would help more, 16 meg cache, or 7200 rpm speed? It depends on the cache algorithm. On desktop drives, I've read that WD has the best algorithm, so their 8MB cache outdoes a lot of other 16MB caches. T

RE: [H] Looking for Laptop Drive recommendation

2005-10-26 Thread Tim Lider
Sherrington (S) Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 7:33 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; The Hardware List Subject: Re: [H] Looking for Laptop Drive recommendation At 10:59 AM 26/10/2005, Tim Lider wrote: I personally recommend the 5400rpm drives from Toshiba, GAX models. They are good performers and are pretty

RE: [H] Looking for Laptop Drive recommendation

2005-10-26 Thread Bill
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardware- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christopher Fisk Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 5:59 AM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] Looking for Laptop Drive recommendation We have a device which uses laptop sized