[rescue] Apple Announces Rackmount Server - WITH IDE HARDWARE RAID

[Rick Hamell]

> Of course, do they even meet their own specs?  My IDE drives run nowhere
> close to the 33 or 66 megs they advertise.  I'd be shocked if ATA100 drives
> run anywhere near 66mb/s either, but each hard drive has to crank 66mb/s
> sustained to meet the Apple spec.

	You all seem to be forgetting that ATA100 drives are 100MB only in
BURST, not sustained. Sustained speeds are usually 25-50% of
that (Depending on what else is on the bus, how hot the drives are, and
what phase the moon is in.)

	Rick