From: d88-jwa@hemul.nada.kth.se (Jon Wätte)
Subject: Re: Why the drive speeds differ??
Keywords: Quantum, LPS, speed
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In <C5r70z.4GB@zimmer.CSUFresno.EDU> mmatteo@mondrian.CSUFresno.EDU (Marc Matteo) writes:

>I just got a La Cie 240 meg external hard drive.  Speed tests show that it's
>substantially faster that my internal 105 meg Quantum HD.  Supposedly the 105
>and the 240 (both LPS drives) are roughly rated the same speed.  Why such a 
>large difference?

Could be better caching on the disk.
Could be faster coil for seeks.
Could be that the disk spins faster so data transfers faster.
Could be that data is packed tighter so it transfers faster.
Could be a faster SCSI command decoder in the drive.

Among other things...
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