Re: HD performance question (3hd raid)
Robert Michel <Robert.Michel@post.rwth-aachen.de> writes:
> On Monday, 18. November 2002 13:01, Daniel Pittman wrote:
> > On Mon, 18 Nov 2002, Olaf Meeuwissen wrote:
>
> > > Question 2: Can I do better than this?
> >
> > No.
> >
> > > I still think hard disk performance is a bit slow but that may be just
> > > me.
> >
> > It is. You have a laptop, which means a 5400RPM drive is *fast*. Don't
> > expect desktop performance out of these poor little drives. :)
>
> Don't beat me for this proposel:
>
> - Why not putting two edditional hds in one modular bay and run an software
> raid with three hds?
>
> size wouldn't be a problem:
> - two hds in two layers would fit
> power wouln't be a problem:
> - one CD-RW: 1.4A
> - one HD: 0.5A
> master/slave woudn't be a problem
> - two HDs should fit inside of the modular bay :-)
Lugging it around would be a problem :-)
I bought my laptop because it is easy to carry around (A4 size, 19mm
thick, 1.4kg *with* the adapter included), not because I'm into weight
lifting :-)
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