Re: Faster swap by using separate disk?
Remco Blaakmeer writes:
> > The second thing that you can do is to move up to the new "ultra-DMA"
> > IDE drives. The bandwidth (bytes per second) is much higher than the
> > standard IDE drives and will speed up Linux as a whole.
>
> If you want to really speed up your hard drives, switch to multiple SCSI
> drives. Period.
>
Yes, to a point! If one is to go all the way, then make it "wide fast SCSI3"
drives which spin at 10,000 rpm and use a PCI based RAID SCSI controller with
_many_ of these GIGAbyte drives! Did anyone mention "myriabucks"? (one
myriabuck = $10,000) 8-) The newer SCSI controllers will handle up to 15
drives per cable. 8-) (not to mention the startup current blanking out half
a city and the resonances sounding like a jet plane taking off 8-) )
<Just joking!> In all due seriousness, while an IDE drive will never match a
decent SCSI setup, IDEs are less expensive and "ultra-DMA" IDE drives, IMHO,
represent the most "bang for the buck" (performance for the money)
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