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From: RFM@psuvm.psu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Choosing the optimum interleave factor
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Date: 24 Sep 90 03:23:42 GMT
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The new Norton Utilities, version 5.0, has a utility called Configure
which tests verious interleave factors and optimizes your hd with the
most efficient. Don't know exactly how it works ( I haven't read the
manuals), but the program changed the default interleave on my Seagate
ST238 (RLL) from 3 to a value of 5. Disk I/O seems faster, & Norton
specs indicate it is. Wonder how caching compares with interleave for
speedy I/O?
Bob M., PSU-Harrisburg