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In article <5anvrk$fa9@samba.rahul.net>,
 <dhesi@i25234329.try.and.trackme.com> wrote:
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>(Speaking for myself...the best but not BEST.)
>
>ISPs who rush to buy a bunch of 9-gig Barracudas almost always regret
>the decision later.  These drives are slow -- painfully slow.  Machines
>that rely on them all but crawl.  When Barracuda 18s are the alleged
>state-of-the-art, that will be a good time to buy the 9-gig drives.
>

I don't know how you are benchmarking these drives but from all the tests
that we've run, the current generation of drives are roughly 75% faster
than the previously generation in sustained transfers and around 50% in
random transfers.  The reliability of these drives are open to question
since they incorporate a whole slew of innovations (and why they're over
six months late to market) but their speed doesn't appear to be.

>(I hear though that Seagate has just introduced a faster 9-gig drive.
>About 6 months from now, when any firmware bugs have been fixed, ISPs
>should consider it.)
>
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You're probably referring to the Cheetah 9's (10K RPM) and they are, as
expected, about 40% faster in raw sustained transfer.  They are also
rather good for cooking your three minute eggs upon as well.  :)

They run that hot.  And noisy too.  Good for those who want to live on the
bleeding edge but probably not so good for ISPs.
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