4 ms·
reminds me of the 5.25" Quantum Bigfoot. I'd be happy with a big disk like that in a storage network / raid. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_Bigfoot ht
by novaleaf 11y ago
reminds me of the 5.25" Quantum Bigfoot. I'd be happy with a big disk like that in a storage network / raid.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_Bigfoot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_Bigfoot
- mapmap 11y agoThe article doesn't go into much detail on the performance. I'm curious if reading was any faster because of the relatively faster spin speed at the outer rings of a larger disk? Or if it was a wash with seek times increasing due to the larger area?
- dzhiurgis 11y agoWhich reminds me a teardown EEVblog did on 1980s 11" mainframe drive: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBjoWMA5d84 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBjoWMA5d84