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From: davek@hp-lsd.HP.COM (@Dave Kumpf)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: super new UNIX machine -- but are the disks fast enough?
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Date: Fri, 21-Aug-87 10:03:54 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug 21 10:03:54 1987
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A Seagate ST-251 has a rated average access time of 40 ms (one of their faster
disks).  I have heard that this will drop to 28 ms if you divide the disc into
two 20 MB partitions, but haven't really investigated so I can't confirm.

Dave Kumpf -- hp-lsd!davek