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Massa <someone@somewhere.net> wrote in article
<65ml7r$c22@mtinsc02.worldnet.att.net>...
> NO drive can pump out 40 MB/s constantly. SCSI drives are a little
faster,
> but from 10-20 MB/s is more realistic.

The fastest today is the Cheetah which sustains 14MB/sec.

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> Arnold H Lee wrote in message <347e2211.14435328@news.wam.umd.edu>...
> >i think this is only for internal disk transfer of small files and
> >only for a short period of time.  I don't know whether this applies
> >for all drives, but for IDE, date transfer rates over extended periods
> >of time NEVER approach the "theoretical" output...ultraDMA drives
> >don't actually do 33 mb/s CONSTANTLY.
> >that's the reason people go scsi.  SCSI drives can do constant
> >transfer rates of 5, 10, 20 and 40 mb/s...
> >i think this is right.  i'm all for corrections ;)
> >
> >On Fri, 28 Nov 1997 00:50:57 GMT, midigard@aol.com (Midgard) wrote:
> >
> >>For months I've been listening to my brother boost about how lightning
> >>fast his standard EIDE hard drives are.  Claims it all depends the
> >>motherboard's controller on how fast a hard drive can get, up to the
> >>maximum rated speed for that drive of course.  Right now I'm using a
> >>486 VIP green Mainboard (M919) w/ an AMD P75 cpu & have *never* gotten
> >>more than 1,870 kb/sec using my Seagate ST-3851A HDD.  But you're
> >>always hearing about how these drives are capable of 16 MB/sec data
> >>transfer rates.  In a few weeks, I'll be upgrading to  a Socket 7
> >>mainboard with either an Intel 166MHZ MMX or AMD K6 166MHz.  But I'd
> >>like to keep my present drive & want to know once and for all if it's
> >>actually possible to get the maximum rated speed for these "older"
> >>EIDE drives?  Is it, in fact, the controller on the motherboard that
> >>determines data transfer rates with hard disks?
> >>
> >>Best,
> >>Midgard
> >>
> >>To reply via email, remove '-nospam-' in return address.
> >
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