Drive speed [was: Re: [rescue] What sucks.]

[Greg A. Woods]

[ On Thursday, July 25, 2002 at 20:33:19 (-0400), Dave McGuire wrote: ]
> Subject: Re: Drive speed [was: Re: [rescue] What sucks.]
>
> On July 25, Scott Newell wrote:
> > 
> > You ain't kidding:
> > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2040527625
> > 5.25x16" of drives for $100, disappating ~100W.  Jeez.  I've never seen a
> > drive in that form factor before.  14 (!) platters?
> 
>   You've never seen a 5.25" full-height drive?  Why do I find that
> difficult to believe?

Heh heh heh....

5400 RPM with that many platters gives decent transfer speeds,
esp. given that most such drives are only on an 8-bit bus.

I've got a Trimm tower chassis with four such drives installed (2GB
units made by HP, IIRC), but I need a standard mini-AT-style 400 watt
power supply to fire them up....  The 300W unit won't even drive them
when they're spun up separately.  I've found a few manufacturers who
list such supplies, but they only sell to OEMs or distributors and I
can't find anyone in Toronto who even knows how to order one through
their distributor.  :-(  I had planned to use it for RAIDframe tests.

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