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Nothing personal, Daniel {+kinda liked the hdd info}
but just couldn't resist..............
Not according to the techies' Fibonancy ratios you won't.
C: 8GB*0.618=4.9GB
D: 8GB*0.500=4.0GB
E: 8GB*0.382=3.1GB
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13GB = the correct answer + that should be sufficient+do the trick.
or
C: 8GB*0.236=1.9GB
D: 8GB*0.236=1.9GB
E: 8GB*0.236=1.9GB
F: 8GB*0.236=1.9GB
or
C: 8GB*0.3=2.4GB
D: 8GB*0.5=4.0GB
E: 8GB*0.8=6.4GB
Nah, this all doesn't add up..........think you will have to buy 15 separate drives,
ehh make that 13.
Start with 3, than add another 2(=5), than add another 3(=8).
S..t, that still doesn't add up.
Again, start with 3, add another 5, than another 8.
Yes, hehe, that's 13.
Regards,
Ton Maas
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel Martinez" <DanM@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: zondag 26 maart 2000 19:49
Subject: Re: Daniel --- New Hard Disk Question
> On a FAT32 system, NEVER create a partition larger than 7 GB's. If you do, your
> wasted space will increase from 4% to 10% due to cluster slack space. On an 8
> GB partition, for example, this EXTRA wasted space would be 480 MB's. I don't
> know what the rules are for an NT partition (NTFS). Also, a partition is a
> PHYSICAL division, as opposed to a software one with a folder (or directory).
> This means your data will be protected should you have trouble in a different
> partition. This happened to me last year.
>
> I plan to ADD 5 MORE partitions, giving me a total of 13, plus I have 2 more
> (small blank unused) for accessing "hidden" backed up partitions. This will
> give me a total of 15 partitions. Buy PartitionMagic 5 and ask them about
> hidden partitions. Your hard drive (HDD) is the fastest device for creating
> backups, unless of course it crashes. However, HDD's are extremely reliable if
> you purchase a retail boxed version. Most HDD's have a MTBF of 300K hours.
> That's 34 years, even you used it 24/7.
>
> Right now, all I want is a 30 or 40 GB IDE HDD. Eventually, I'll buy a couple
> Quantum SCSI-160 HDD's. They're coming out with great products now. I think,
> for MS explorations, an Atlas 10K II is overkill. Also, since the Atlas 10K II
> is going to be expensive, I expect you will buy only one. This means while you
> are doing explorations, your other operations will be very slow.
>
> Instead, you should buy two (or three) 9 GB Atlas V 7200 RPM. It is also a
> SCSI-160 and has a maximum sustained data rate up to 29 MB/sec. This is a very
> fast drive. If you have 2 or 3 of these, you will be able to place your O/S on
> the first, other things on the second, and your MS database on the third. On
> any system, IDE or SCSI, when you are doing explorations your CPU is only 30% or
> less utilized. With the new CPU's coming now, utilization could be down to
> 10%. Using this configuration, you could do your explorations, browse the web,
> and use Excel all at the same time. You would not notice any speed degradation
> at all. Keep in mind you can connect up to 15 SCSI devices.
>
> At http://www.pricewatch.com/ you can now buy a 9 GB Atlas V for only $245 or a
> 18 GB for $365. This is a very good deal. Expect these prices to come down
> further when the IBM 70 GB IDE is released. Server operators are using IDE
> drives, you can now buy IDE Raid PCI cards, and SCSI makers are being forced to
> drop prices.
>
> I have yet to find a motherboard maker which produces a SCSI-160 board. I want
> to buy an Athlon SCSI-160 board which is DDR memory capable. Such a system will
> fulfill my needs for a number of years.
>
> Daniel.
>
>
> Nicholas Kormanik wrote:
>
> > Daniel: "I plan to buy a (much) larger drive in the future.... using at
> > least 5 partitions."
> >
> > Do you think from a speed standpoint that partitions would matter? In other
> > words, a one partition system would be significantly faster than a
> > multi-partition system? Or vice versa?
> >
> > I've been waiting for the new Quantum Atlas 10K II, with its 8 meg
> > buffer --- due out in April
> > (http://www.quantum.com/products/hdd/atlas_10kii/atlas_10kii_overview.htm).
> > I then want to build a new system around that new drive, preferably buying a
> > mother board that supports the Ultra160 SCSI, but if no great mother board
> > is available, then using one of Adaptec's cards
> > (http://www.targetpages.com/adaptec/gotscsi/index.html?src=16&sess=GS3895093
> > 8ef461). I'd go with a PIII as fast as I can afford, full of memory. I'm
> > hoping that this will speed up the MS explorations, and symbol switching
> > through multi-page layouts.
> >
> > What are you looking at?
> >
> > Nicholas
>
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