Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!cbmvax!steveb
From: steveb@cbmvax.UUCP (Steve Beats)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: FFS speed.  Bytes per second or Bits per second?
Message-ID: <3385@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 29 Feb 88 14:41:32 GMT
References: <8802251923.AA23029@cory.Berkeley.EDU>
Reply-To: steveb@cbmvax.UUCP (Steve Beats)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <8802251923.AA23029@cory.Berkeley.EDU> dillon@CORY.BERKELEY.EDU (Matt Dillon) writes:
>	Considering the transfer rate for a hard disk, I don't think
>FFS can go at 600K Bytes/sec.   600Kbps-1Mbps ==  75KBps-125KBps.
>(That is, with normal hard disks).
>
>					-Matt

Imagine me stood on your desk with an indignant look and a belligerant stance..
got it ...... good, I shall begin.

FFS CAN GO 600K BYTES PER SECOND ON READS FROM A CONNER 100MB SCSI DRIVE!!!!!
There, now I feel better :-)  Really, it does go that fast, honest, would I
lie to you?  This figure wasn't just plucked out of thin air, I really timed
it over many test runs with large files.  Admittedly, the file was not fragged
up but the disk was not empty either so header and extension block fetches
caused some extraneous seeks.

	Steve Beats

PS.  You can carry on now, I just got off your desk :-)