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> :From: kim@dde.dk (Kim Andersen)
> :>   1-3 Micropolis 2.4GB Hard Drives
> :Maybe the Barracuda will do better, at least it spins at 7200RPM.
> :Also IBM has some nice disks in the 2GB range.
> 
> Has anyone benchmarked the read/write performance of the Barracuda?

Unfortunately I haven't been able to put my dirty hands on one (yet).
I have tried an IBM 0664 (?), the 2Gb model. On a lowly 1542B the raw
performance were around 1.9~2Mb/s. 

regards
kim

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