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It’s RAID. With Floppy Drives.
- olliej 4y agoThe article does not include the most critical detail: the speed! Edit: I have watched the video so you don't have to (although if you don't watch it you'll miss all the bubbles). Total volume size: 10.4MB Small file: 220kB/s "Large" file: also 220k/s Installing chess: 1MB/s That said, he's getting the speed from Activity Monitor which seems like an odd choice. I would have preferred the more obvious one of writing a fixed amount of data and dividing that by the time taken.
- rasz 4y agoFor comparison theoretical max HD floppy speed is ~45KB/s >Small file: 220kB/s "Large" file: also 220k/s This speed seems plausible. Every USB floppy has little microcontroller based controller with some small cache meaning you can keep filling buffers faster than individual drive speed. >Installing chess: 1MB/s which is more than theoretical maximum of 13x45KB/s, immediately invalidates whole highly scientific 'Activity Monitor' measurement method used :)