On Sat, 1 Jun 2002, Lincoln Yeoh wrote:
> The smaller HDDs are about the same speed as the big ones of the same model
> range- the bigger ones just have more platters.
Used to be the case. It's not so often so any more.
> But the bigger ones allow you to throw away slower space. By using just the
> faster portions (the outer edges) you can reduce seek time by a few
> milliseconds, and keep throughput in the higher bands.
Right. That still works!
cjs
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