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From: bmug@garnet.berkeley.edu (BMUG)
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Subject: Re: Quantum 105 drives (again)
Keywords: How fast?
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Date: 15 Nov 89 15:11:46 GMT
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In article <4050@ur-cc.UUCP> carlo@cvs.rochester.edu (Carlo Tiana) writes:
>There seems to be some confusion (at least in my mind and that of a few
>others I spoke to) about the Quantum 105Mb drives' speed. Is it 19ms access
>or 12ms? 

The ACTUAL average access speed of the Quantum 40/80/105 drives is 19 ms.
However, Quantum has a 64k cache on the drive which, when enabled, lowers
the access time to an optimum 12 ms.

Anyone know if that 12 ms is constant, or does it depend on how data
is stored, the kind of demands applications (i.e., database vs. word
processor) make on it, etc?

John Heckendorn
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