akcs.clemon@wcbcs (Craig Lemon) (06/16/89)
Hello Net,
Has anyone ever "played" with the MaxTransfer rate on a Q105S (or other
Quantum ProDrive)? So far I have left it where the default had it because I
don't usually go fooling around with number and making speed observations
for days at a time trying to find the best. The reason I ask is...My drive
isn't as fast as I feel it should be. This is particularly noticeable in
one situation : Supposedly, if your drive is optimized and well maintained,
the longer the file, the faster the transfer speed right? Well when I do a
copy of DVideo III's DVMAKER file (approx 500k) to RAM:, I get three VERY
short drive access flashes almost a second apart, and then it's finished.
If I could put those flashes together into a stream, I would have that 500k
moving in less than .5 seconds. I believe that playing with MaxTransfer
would at least increase the length of the data bursts. I'm looking for a
good value that provides the best performance and has been tried by someone.
I have 5MB RAM if that affects anything. (I kinda doubt it would).
Thanks for any help.
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