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Newbie Hard Drive Question...

for one, i cant recall HDD's haveing a "write speed". anyway read is how long it takes to find the information and access is the time it actually takes to load the information
 
Originally posted by anti
anyway read is how long it takes to find the information and access is the time it actually takes to load the information

I might be mistaken, but I think you may have the definitions reversed.
 
Originally posted by anti
anyway read is how long it takes to find the information and access is the time it actually takes to load the information
think you meant seek instead of read

seek time of a hard disk measures the amount of time required for the read/write heads to move between tracks over the surfaces of the platters

Access Time = Command Overhead Time + Seek Time + Settle Time + Latency




start here
General Notes On Performance Specifications

also
As the Disk Spins @ Lost Circuits
specifically: II Averages, Seeks and other Paradoxes
 
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