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- Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi
- Path: sparky!uunet!infonode!ingr!b11!gibson
- From: gibson@b11.b11.ingr.com (Stanley)
- Subject: Re: 1 GB 3.5" SCSI disks
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.215053.27118@b11.b11.ingr.com>
- Reply-To: gibson@b11.b11.ingr.com (Stanley)
- Organization: Intergraph Corp. Huntsville, AL
- References: <1992Nov11.175733.15236@b11.b11.ingr.com> <OD.6badnetOA92-901-302p0_53b52437@piraya.bad.se>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 21:50:53 GMT
- Lines: 34
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- In article <OD.6badnetOA92-901-302p0_53b52437@piraya.bad.se> Roger_Nordin@atb.bbs.bad.se (Roger Nordin) writes:
- snip
- test results from DEC DSP3105
- snip
-
- >> This is curious. The DEC DSP3105 is not a "zoned" disk drive. The
- >> data rate is constant regardless of where you are on the disk.
- >> The sustained transfer rate (57 sec/track * 512 bytes per sector * 90rps)
- >> is 2.6MB/sec. The 2.2MB/sec you see is reasonable. The 3.1 is not. I
- >> suspect disk or system cache is responsible for the "inflated"
- >> value.
- >
- >If a cache had been involved, would the "CPU Available" not have showed lower
- >figures? Software caches always eats a lot CPU time when reaching from the
- >cache, since that is a 100% dependant CPU operation itself.
- You are probably right on that. The cacheing must be taking place on
- the disk itself. The little beast has a 512KB buffer!
- >
- >I don't have the data for the DSP3105 disk (actually, I just popped in here),
- >but if the subject line is still correct, then we are talking about 1Gb sized
- >harddisks. Now, 1Gb 3.5" without zone recording?! Why waste so much disk space?
- >Wouldn't it make the disk more unreliable, if it's not adapting the data
- >stored on each cylinder to the size (and thus density) of the cylinder itself?
- >You'd be pushing the inner cylinders to the limits, while the outermost would
- >not be used even to half their capacity.
-
- Yes a 1.0GB 3.5 inch disk WITHOUT zones. I looked very closely at
- this drive and a handful of other this year. The 3.5 inch 1.xGB DEC
- and IBM drives are not zoned. As for reliability DEC has a hugh 264
- bit ECC and multiple copies (4?) of the header. It would seem very
- unlikely for you to not retrieve your data off ths drive.
-
- Wasted disk space? Gracious goodness how much disk space do you WANT on
- your 3.5 incher??
-