From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1RJV2V-0006xR-Vy for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 27 Oct 2011 18:50:56 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 654CB21C05D; Thu, 27 Oct 2011 18:50:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from out5.smtp.messagingengine.com (out5.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.29]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0600821C04B for ; Thu, 27 Oct 2011 18:49:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from compute3.internal (compute3.nyi.mail.srv.osa [10.202.2.43]) by gateway1.nyi.mail.srv.osa (Postfix) with ESMTP id B6F34209A2 for ; Thu, 27 Oct 2011 14:49:57 -0400 (EDT) Received: from frontend1.nyi.mail.srv.osa ([10.202.2.160]) by compute3.internal (MEProxy); Thu, 27 Oct 2011 14:49:57 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=binarywings.net; h=message-id:date:from:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type; s=mesmtp; bh=IH7+KGAoA2hYHekxRZY13BEr MP4=; b=cVRbGXUuTZd5LR2RO98JkUP2Bw4U/50NBhqf+IO7jJGCiWDxnQe1ny7B EUD42pg/nrGHv1rq9ht1hLbe5kpmtsJ2CUcksSoQN1oyMUXAV7Us/0BTEnu5iu/s jeA3ysch20lVHO1yFWz4B/vuAexLWES+BV4SuCgTCzT0fHkNLqk= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=message-id:date:from:mime-version:to :subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type; s=smtpout; bh=IH7+ KGAoA2hYHekxRZY13BErMP4=; b=TOul/gSDwROo+xOFVSKbTA6VYfsK+pNyM/V9 LZbh84P9k0mSc2Jcn7EeGoYDg7VTjg12MM1Bk6JyvHWPxcbE6s+iVlX9YAikvZCm 7fG/iA5Y15ia9rZTd2usQMu6E72OkXpSlT/8omN7m0nxY5cJc5zpXQyHvZeEAgB4 QzEqnrA= X-Sasl-enc: eOQxcCEEmwCwnzMmyJTgrMUfb3J0X2PImHP2KOUvkefb 1319741396 Received: from [192.168.5.18] (serv.binarywings.net [83.169.5.6]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id B4D0140DA69 for ; Thu, 27 Oct 2011 14:49:56 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <4EA9A7CB.7060403@binarywings.net> Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2011 20:49:47 +0200 From: Florian Philipp User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.20) Gecko/20110925 Lightning/1.0b3pre Thunderbird/3.1.12 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Hard drive RPMs and data speed. References: <4EA9130A.6070807@gmail.com> <2251997.4gxL5gE8u7@localhost> <4EA9952A.4030909@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4EA9952A.4030909@gmail.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.1.2 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig74BB006830EF529332F5BF3F" X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 2a7896c3db5b72defbc8a23686fe8cf5 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig74BB006830EF529332F5BF3F Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Am 27.10.2011 19:30, schrieb Dale: > Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: >> Am Donnerstag 27 Oktober 2011, 13:09:17 schrieb Nikos Chantziaras: >>> On 10/27/2011 11:15 AM, Dale wrote: >>>> Howdy, >>>> >>>> I'm wanting to get a hard drive that is pretty good size. I'm lookin= g >>>> for about 1 to 2TBs or so. Thing is, a lot of them seem to be 5900 o= r >>>> even 5400 rpm drives. I realize that the data on there is packed pre= tty >>>> tight so I want to ask a few people that may have one or more of the= se >>>> things a few questions. Are they as fast as a slower RPM drive? >>> I assume you meant to say "as fast as a faster RPM drive". No, of >>> course not. If we're speaking about the same capacity and amount of >>> platters, of course. If we're not, then yes, they can be as fast >>> because of the higher data density. >>> [...] > > I just wonder how much data they will be able to pack into a 3.5" drive= > tho. Hmmmmm. Surely they will run out of room at some point. I mean,= > the heads have got to have a little room to work with. >=20 > Dale >=20 > :-) :-) > Well, then this story might cheer you up ;) http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2011/10/researchers-increase-hard-dri= ve-density-sixfold-with-salt.ars Regards, Florian Philipp --------------enig74BB006830EF529332F5BF3F Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk6pp9AACgkQqs4uOUlOuU8dDQCeP9r8n7EQRpumuzWLGWJXTOnY aZkAnAz1UKathqO+2Y+XCThTuB4TgEjh =8qIs -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig74BB006830EF529332F5BF3F--