Tom's hardware forced all the data to the outer sectors of the hard drive. While this reduces capacity it also cuts down on seek time significantly, which would

Tom's hardware forced all the data to the outer sectors of the hard drive. While this reduces capacity it also cuts down on seek time significantly, which would have a tremendous effect on hard drive performance in a database scenario. It appears they got >100% performance boost in database benchmarks with this technique. See this benchmark result: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/short-stroking-hdd,2157-7.html http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/short-stroking-hdd,2157-...