Andrew Gabriel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I have put together a simple set of figures I use to compare how disks 
> and systems have changed over the 25 year life of ufs/ffs, which I 
> sometimes use when I give ZFS presentations...
>
>            25 years ago             Now        factor
>            ------------             ---        ------
> Disk RPM         3,600          10,000            x3
> Disk IOPS           30             300           x10
> Disk Data rate       0.96MB/s       75MB/s       x80
> Capacity           100MB             1TB     x10,000
> System MIPS          4         400,000      x100,000

The best rate I did see in 1985 was 800 kB/s (w. linear reads)
now I see 120 MB/s this is more than x100 ;-)

Jörg

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