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From: ted@helios.ucsc.edu (Ted Cantrall)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Choosing the optimum interleave factor
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Date: 25 Sep 90 17:55:46 GMT
References: <1990Sep24.113019.9222@canterbury.ac.nz>
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In article <1990Sep24.113019.9222@canterbury.ac.nz> phys169@canterbury.ac.nz writes:
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>Also, it is possible to determine the best interleave without actually writing
>to the disk (purely from timing of reading what is there)?
SpinRite from Gibson Research can tell you what the current interleave is
and what the data transfer rate would be for interleaves from 1:1 up to 8:1.
It them lets you pick the one you like and -without destroying data- will
reset it to that. Slick trick.		-ted-

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