Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!uwm.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!pacbell.com!pacbell!att!dptg!ulysses!andante!alice!andrew From: andrew@alice.UUCP (Andrew Hume) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Data Storage density questions Summary: specific fast spinning drives Message-ID: <11124@alice.UUCP> Date: 3 Aug 90 04:30:19 GMT References: <2684@network.ucsd.edu> <25891@bellcore.bellcore.com> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill NJ Lines: 8 to expand on o'dell's note; the imprimis wren runner 2 is a wren 7 spinning 50% faster (3600->5400 rpm) and using 2/3 the cylinders for faster seek times. the forthcoming (that is to say, available now as prototypes) elite 5.25in drives spoin at 5400 rpm as well.