RE: 160Gb IDE Drives...

["Phil Harris" <phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx>]

Huh?

Sorry Tim ... I think you have picked up on a different point to the one
I was asking about. I have had LVD / Ultra160 SCSI drives before in my
machines and have turfed them out in favour of the much cheaper-per-gig
IDE's.

What I'm trying to find out is whether anyone has ordered and received
one of the 160Gb ATA133 Maxtor IDE drives ... As I said, a friend has
had one on order for over a month now and he is still waiting for one
and I'm trying to find out whether the reseller (eBuyer) is just being
crap or whether these drives are simply not available.

The only reason for moving to ATA133 with these drives is so that the
full 160Gb can be addressed rather than the first 137Gb only.

Again appologies if I was misleading with my original mail mate but I
didn't mention data bandwidth or anything ... I just wanted to know if
the supplier was being crap or whether the items were really that
scarce.

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Timothy Morris [mailto:timothy.morris@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 30 December 2001 05:42
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] 160Gb IDE Drives...
>
>
> No, but I've got a u160 and a u320 SCSI drive in my computer
> - trouble is you can't get u320 controller cards yet so I am
> limited to 160Mbps.
>
> I wouldn't worry about it too much Phil, as even with 10,000
> RPM discs (which mine are) you don't get more than around
> 55Mbps off the disc. The main use is in servers where you
> have multiple discs installed.
>
> Liken it to a LAN where although the total speed of the LAN
> is 100Mbps, you tend not to get 100Mbps transfer rates
> between two machines.
>
> Tim.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Phil Harris [mailto:phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 30 December 2001 01:06
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] 160Gb IDE Drives...
>
>
> Has anyone actually ordered *AND RECEIVED* a 160Gb ATA133 IDE
> drive yet?
>
> A friend has had one on order for several weeks now from
> ebuyer and they don't seem to be supplying ny useful
> information as to when they should arrive.
>
> Phil
>
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