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From: liggio@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Vincent J. Liggio)
Subject: Re: SCSI slowness
Message-ID: <1991Apr3.015013.2129@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>
Reply-To: liggio@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Vincent J. Liggio)
Organization: Columbia University
Date: Wed, 3 Apr 1991 01:50:13 GMT


In article <1991Apr02.214925.10627@xstor.com> iverson@xstor.com (Tim Iverson) writes:
>This is perfectly normal.  The Quantum ProDrive 170S has a maximum sustained
>transfer rate of about 900KB/s.  The burst rate can be much higher than that,
>but 900 is the best you'll ever get out of CoreTest.
>
>The 170S is actually just your average, every-day, middle of the road,
>mass-market drive.  If you really want *fast* you should think about
>Imprimis' Elite (4-5MB/s) or Wren VII or Wren Runner (2-3MB/s).  Of course,
>*fast* implies *bucks* :-).
>
>- Tim Iverson
>  iverson@xstor.com -/- uunet!xstor!iverson

Interesting, because the drive manual says that the drive can sustain 2.5
Mb/sec.  And the adapter can do 5 asynchronous, 2.5 mb synchronous (or
vise-versa).  Doesn't sound like the middle of the road, mass market drive.
Just a wee bit faster... :-)

Vince