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Re: [OT] IDE
Quoting Phil Harris (phil@xxxxxxx):
> I use 5400rpm drives for exactly that reason - anyway why would you
need the
> higher data rate of 7200rpm drives when the maximum you can get across
a
> network is 100mbits/sec (10 mbytes ish)? ;-) I get 24Mbytes/sec off my
> Firewire drives (5400rpm 160Gb Maxtors) and about 50Mbytes/sec off the
RAID
> array (8 x 160Gb Maxtors).
Gigabit ethernet is getting cheaper to the point where it may well be
realistic for the home soon (if it isn't for some people already).
It's not just network speed that is the issue though -- all the data
still has to travel across the same bus into memory, so contention
on the bus is going to become a limiting factor.
James
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