coxc0015@ucselx.sdsu.edu (Imagine) (04/17/91)
Hello,
I need info on whats the best controller to have. Right now I have a 40MB
IDE at 24ms. I only have 18MB left and I've just started whats the best
size and controller to have. The prices are really high. Should I get
a second HD or trade in for a larger drive. It seems that RLL are cheaper
and MFM and SCSI are the larger HD. I also wanted to ask how much memory
is required to have enough to allocate to cache.
TrungS_WIEZORKE@iravcl.ira.uka.de (Hans B. Wiezorke) (04/17/91)
In <1991Apr16.223427.6419@ucselx.sdsu.edu> coxc0015@ucselx.sdsu.edu writes: > I need info on whats the best controller to have. Right now I have a 40MB > > IDE at 24ms. I only have 18MB left and I've just started whats the best > > size and controller to have. The prices are really high. Should I get > > a second HD or trade in for a larger drive. It seems that RLL are cheaper > > and MFM and SCSI are the larger HD. I also wanted to ask how much memory > > is required to have enough to allocate to cache. I just bought the Seagate ST1440 (124MB / 19ms / IDE) and am quite pleased with the performance. Here in Germany it cost about 900DM (ca. $560). unitl now i had no problems with it, not even a bad cluster. as disk cache i use smartdrive with 512k to 1MB. opus - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - I __ I Hans Bernhard Wiezorke (at Uni. of Karlsruhe) I I /opus\ _____(@ \ I E-Mail : S_WIEZORKE@iravcl.ira.uka.de I I \sndo/ /. ! I or UK9K@DKAUNI2.bitnet (better not) I I ------) ! I- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -I I X~~~~! I Always remember : WHEREVER YOU BE -- I I I THERE YOU ARE I - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -