Alex Turner wrote:
> Looking at the numbers, the raptor with TCQ enabled was close or beat
> the Atlas III 10k drive on most benchmarks.
>
> Naturaly a 15k drive is going to be faster in many areas, but it is
> also much more expensive. It was only 44% better on the server tests
> than the raptor with TCQ, but it costs nearly 300% more ($538 cdw.com,
> $180 newegg.com).
True, but that's a one time expense (300%) for a 44% gain ALL the time.
'44% better' is nothing to sneeze at. I'd easily pay the price for
the gain in a large server env.
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Until later, Geoffrey
