hi ya mike On Tue, 19 Nov 2002, Mike Dresser wrote:
> > I think I see the confusion. You're getting disk media speed, and > interface speed confused. > > I could have a udma-4 drive with low density platters, at 5400 rpm, > compared to a 7200 udma-4 with 80 gig platters. > > The interface is the same, at ata-100. i expect that the disk running at 5400rpm that is rated at 100MB/sec will perform equally well as a a disk spinning at 7200rpm ( less platters ? ) 7200rpm disks tends to run hotter ... needs more air for cooling and best to use a itty-bitty fan to cool the 7500rpm nd 10,000/15Krpm disks c ya alvin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]