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From: CYAMAMOTO%GUMBY@USC-ECLC.arpa (Cliff Yamamoto)
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Subject: Factors affecting hard disk access time
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Date: Thu, 16-Oct-86 13:37:16 EDT
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I'm hoping some of the hard disk gurus out there could help me on this one

I've been looking for a hard disk and a controller, comparing prices and
such, when I came across a term I'm not familiar with.

Can anyone explain to me what "Interleave" is?  I ask this because I saw
an advertisement for a controller claiming a 1:1 interleave.  Is this good?
Does this ratio affect the way the disk is formatted?  Is there, or should
there be some correlation or consideration with regard to the seek time of
a selected hard drive?

I'm sure Webster's definition is not applicable to hard drives and I was
wondering how this affects the performance of a hard drive.

Any information would be appreciated.  

Thanx in advance..
Cliff Yamamoto
ARPA : CYAMAMOTO@GUMBY
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