On Tue, 20 Jun 2006 16:11:30 +0200, Hunkeler Peter (KIUB 34) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>2: the 144GB disk rotate at the same speed as the 72GB, so >>basically they can deliver the same amount of MB/sec. > >I thought that todays disks have more capacity on the outer >tracks than on the inner ones. Transfer rates vary with the >track position being read or written to. > Yes. And newer, higher capacity drives generally have a higher bit density, therefore more data on a track than older, lower density drives. The result is that data transfer is at a higher rate with the same RPM. All this is speculation, though, because Ted didn't tell us what drives are in the "Old EMC" or in the "Latest and greatest." Tom Marchant ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
