> Have you tested that? It's not clear to me that that should be so. > Physical characteristics determine the number of platters that can be in > a drive, and you generally see a manufacturer release several drives of > different capacity at the same time. What makes the difference is the number of heads. A 320GB array built of 8 x 40 GB disks has 8 sets of heads and can do a lot more ops/second as a result. It can als have 8 outstanding commands at a time unlike any pre NCQ 320GB disk. Alan -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list