Ubuntu's performance : how to speed up ?

[Thom May]

* Vincent Trouilliez (vincent.trouilliez at modulonet.fr) wrote :
> Okay, just had a look at Seagate's website.
> 
> Their current desktop drives ("Barracuda") do  7,200rpm 80MB/s, with an
> avg seek time of 8.0ms  -> WOW, many times better than my existing
> drive(s) !! :o)
120GB Barracuda: £53.71

> 
> Then I looked at their SCSI drives ("Cheetah")....  15K RPM -> transfert
> rate 75MB/s but seek time of......   3.5ms !!!!!
> 
73GB Cheetah, 68pin: £210.33
The SCSI tax is not worth it for home machines.
-Thom