mark@intek01.UUCP (Mark McWiggins) (12/01/88)
We're upgrading to a 386 Unix and getting a 300+ MB disk to go with it. I have a couple of questions about this: (1) Do you have one of these? What controller are you using? Is the combination working for you? (2) Is the difference in response time between a 28ms disk and a 16ms disk very noticeable under Unix? (Maybe a silly question, but 28ms Maxtors are on sale ...) Thanks in advance. I'll post a summary if there's sufficient interest. -- Mark McWiggins UUCP: uunet!intek01!mark DISCLAIMER: I could be wrong. INTERNET: intek01!mark@uunet.uu.net (206) 455-9935
rock@rancho.uucp (Rock Kent) (12/04/88)
In article <373@intek01.UUCP> mark@intek01.UUCP (Mark McWiggins) writes: > We're upgrading to a 386 Unix and getting a 300+ MB disk to go with it. > I have a couple of questions about this: > > (1) Do you have one of these? What controller are you using? Is the > combination working for you? I'm running a 20mhz 80386 system with a Maxtor XT4380E (330mb 18ms) hard disk on a Western Digital WD1007A-WA2 controller. The only problems I had were in sorting out the bad sector handling . . . basically, letting the board handle all cases where a track had a single defect, and feeding the few defects remaining to Unix. Big disks can have lots of defects, and Microport V/386 barfed well before I got the whole defect table loaded in :-(. Letting the WD1007 handle everything didn't work because it marks a track bad on the second defect, and Microport barfed there as well :-(. The current combo is working like a dream :-). > (2) Is the difference in response time between a 28ms disk and a 16ms > disk very noticeable under Unix? (Maybe a silly question, but 28ms > Maxtors are on sale ...) Haven't any idea. Rock Kent ..!ncr-sd!rancho!rock POB 8964, Rancho Sante Fe, CA. 92067