Does controller satisfy HDD transfer rate requirement?

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Hello

Does "Promise Ultra100 TX2" satisfy "Maxtor Fireball 3" transfer rate
requirement?
http://www.maxtor.com/_files/maxtor/en_us/documentation/data_sheets/fireball_3_data_sheet.pdf
"Promise Ultra100 TX2":

Performance
· Supports data transfer rates up to 100MB/sec

· Up to 133MB/sec burst transfer rates (through PCI bus)

 

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The answer is technically yes, theoretically no. You are never going to
actually hit anywhere near 100 Mb/s, much less 133 Mb/s, unless you are
using two drives in RAID. Basically, your 133 Mb/s max rate on the hard
drive is not being limited by the ATA100 Controller Card.

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Nathan McNulty


Dmitriy Kopnichev wrote:
> Hello
>
> Does "Promise Ultra100 TX2" satisfy "Maxtor Fireball 3" transfer rate
> requirement?
> http://www.maxtor.com/_files/maxtor/en_us/documentation/data_sheets/fireball_3_data_sheet.pdf
> "Promise Ultra100 TX2":
>
> Performance
> · Supports data transfer rates up to 100MB/sec
>
> · Up to 133MB/sec burst transfer rates (through PCI bus)
>
>

 

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Thanks!
"Nathan McNulty" <nospam@msn.com> wrote in message
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> The answer is technically yes, theoretically no. You are never going to
> actually hit anywhere near 100 Mb/s, much less 133 Mb/s, unless you are
> using two drives in RAID. Basically, your 133 Mb/s max rate on the hard
> drive is not being limited by the ATA100 Controller Card.
>
> ----
> Nathan McNulty
>
>
> Dmitriy Kopnichev wrote:
> > Hello
> >
> > Does "Promise Ultra100 TX2" satisfy "Maxtor Fireball 3" transfer rate
> > requirement?
> >
http://www.maxtor.com/_files/maxtor/en_us/documentation/data_sheets/fireball_3_data_sheet.pdf
> > "Promise Ultra100 TX2":
> >
> > Performance
> > · Supports data transfer rates up to 100MB/sec
> >
> > · Up to 133MB/sec burst transfer rates (through PCI bus)
> >
> >