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From: "Peter Rundberg"
The 10k RPM SCSI drives generally have slightly higher bandwidth and alot lower seek time than 7200 RPM IDE drives. I usually use the Maxtor Atlas 10k IV and more recently Maxtor Atlas 10K V drives as I think they are very solid performers. 15k RPM drives are usually not worth the premium as they don't have much higher bandwidth just lower seek times.
You are incorrect on the 15K RPM info here. There is a better begin and end sustained rates of up to 30% between the 10k and 15k drives. They also offer more overall performance when in a multi-drive configuration. So much so that I now buy 16 15k drives instead of the usuall 16 10k drives for my RAID-5 config's. Brad Dameron SeaTab Software www.seatab.com