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[Erik Andreas Cayré]

Den 23/04/2007 kl. 10.21 skrev Tom Sepper:

> Sure, the seek time may be faster, but the data transfer speed  
> surely wouldn't be. I really think you'd see a performance hit  
> rather than an increase with an external HDD.

I don't believe that to be true in a general sense. The performance  
you get is a function of many things (as stated by FMI i their manual  
for FMS).
I just moved a very complex FM6 solution with 55 files. It is hosted  
with FMS 5.5.v4 on a G4DP450. Orginally it ran on an internal PATA  
HD, I installed an internal mirrored array of HP 15K U320 SCSI  
harddisks.

While I did see a performance increase, I was slightly disappointed  
by the relatively modest change. I would have probably gotten a  
greater gain using FMS8, but the solution isn't ready to to be  
upgraded/rebuilt yet.

Unfortunately I don't have the lúxury of time and money to do  
thorough tests using all kinds of configurations, so it will have to  
do. I primarily did it for safety (striped array) anyway...

BTW. I chose to move Mac OS X to the array as well, not having time  
to dig for a solution to the problem this thread is about.
I'm confident the solution offered by ggt is both workable and  
reliable anyhow.


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