[comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware] Quantum 105 ATLPS IDE Hard Drive Transfer Rate

cyang%peruvian.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Cheng Yang) (05/14/91)

Recently, I bought a Quantum 105 ATLPS IDE hard drive from Griffin Computer
InC.  I successfully installed and set up the drive.  Everything works fine.
And it seems much faster than my old MFM ST-225.  However, I tested the
transfer rate of that drive.  It is surprisingly poor.  I installed the
"SMARTDRV.SYS" using 1024 K cache.  The transfer rate is just around
200K Byte/Second to 300K Byte/Second.  Is this normal for this kind of
drive?  I know a lot people have this kind of drive.  So I am asking if
something is wrong with the drive...

Thank you very much for your time in advance.

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