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From: aceverj@accucx.cc.ruu.nl (Jaap Verhage)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Choosing the optimum interleave factor
Message-ID: <769@accucx.cc.ruu.nl>
Date: 26 Sep 90 22:06:38 GMT
References: <1990Sep24.113019.9222@canterbury.ac.nz> <7165@darkstar.ucsc.edu>
Reply-To: aceverj@accucx.UUCP (Jaap Verhage)
Organization: Academic Computer Centre Utrecht, The Netherlands
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In article <7165@darkstar.ucsc.edu> ted@helios.ucsc.edu (Ted Cantrall) writes:
>In article <1990Sep24.113019.9222@canterbury.ac.nz> phys169@canterbury.ac.nz writes:
>>
>>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-
You could also try hdtst128.arc from wuarchive.wustl.edu,
/mirrors/msdos/dskutl. It'll do the same for you and is free.

-- 
Regards, Jaap.

Jaap Verhage, Academic Computer Centre, State University at Utrecht, Holland.
aceverj@cc.ruu.nl     +<-*|*->+     I claim *every*thing and speak for myself