[ILUG] Disk write speed

[Niall O Broin]

On 4 Dec 2005, at 15:02, Paul Jakma wrote:

>> Certainly Maxtor quotes 300MB/s write rates for their Maxline SATA 
>> drives, and 3ware quotes 380MB/s RAID-5 writes for their newest 
>> controller, so I guess even if they're exaggerating by 400%, I could 
>> still achieve my targets.
>
> For the drive figure: What about if they're "exaggerated" by 800%? 
> (hint hint.. sure it's not Mbit/s?).

Yup - the MaxLine drives are 3Gb SATA, and they quote 300MB/s .

> Also, you need to look at more than just the disks and controllers.

Indeed, but the data rates desired are well within reach of a fast 
machine, PCI Express, and a decent controller - the disks are really 
the last bottleneck.



Niall