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Article #8755Hard disk speed, any correlation to capacity?
From: Susan Price
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1990 06:27
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1990 06:27
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For a long time I've been under the impression that there was a correlation between hard disk speed and capacity - i.e. the greater the capacity the faster the hard disk. Specifically, I'm using a PS/2 Model 70 with IBM's standard 60 Meg drive, and I think that moving to a 120 Meg drive would result in faster compiles, etc. Is this true? (speaking about IBM equipment, everything else being equal) Does anyone have a feel for the % improvement (10, 20, 30?). Ballpark estimates would be helpful as well as references to published benchmarks. Since I work for a "Blue" shop I'm mainly interested in IBM-supplied drives. Thanks in advance. Susan Price-Smith
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!ucsfcgl!pixar!unicom!susan From: susan@unicom.UUCP (Susan Price) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Hard disk speed, any correlation to capacity? Message-ID: <167@unicom.UUCP> Date: 17 Jan 90 06:27:15 GMT Reply-To: susan@unicom.UUCP (Susan Price) Distribution: na Organization: Science Computer Center, College of Marin, Kentfield CA Lines: 14