Upgrade to 15k hardrive?

silverhalide · 10-02-2007, 03:33 PM

Dear People,
I am trying to enhance the performance of my (Titaniam Edition). It is the 1000MHZ dual processor G4 desktop. I use it to primarily use PhotoShop and an ImagePrint RIP to drive a 24" Epson roll printer. I have the most amount of RAM that model will take, 1.5 meg. It has the Atto EXPRESS PCI PRO UL3D SCSI card @ 37 meg seagate with a transfer speed of around 35-40 MPS. I talked to a gentelmen from from the tech people at one of the large
hardrive suppliers. He told me the Fujitsu MAU 3147 15k 147 meg hardrive would allow a throughput speed of around 130+ with that card which is a 160 card.
It seems like I spend way too much time watching the blue bar when I Save or Copy a 250 meg tif. file which is the smallest size I print.
Would this hardrive or the Seagate 15k drive shorten this blue bar time noticably? Would there be a difference in the Fujitsu 15k vs Seagate 15k?

Sincerely,
Michael Dickey

stardustgrafik.com

**linderman** · 10-03-2007, 06:18 PM

Hello

I am running both types of hard drives of which you speak

the Fujitsu Mau 147 its faster than the 15K seagate cheetah U320
as far as getting to 130mbs transfer speed, that can only happen on a 64bit windows OS with a scsi controller card thats running in the PCI-X slot or PCI express X1 slot

in a 32bit windows OS running your controller in a standard PCi slot you will be downgraded to about 80.8mb/s sustained transfer speed >>>> thats still faster than any other option as far as drives go >>>>> the cheetah sustains about 66.6 mb/s

in as much as you already have the scsi set-up >>>>> I would proceed with getting the MAU 147

BTW: and U160 controller card is limited to about 80mb/s sustained transfer rate >>>>>> to get the full trottle like that fella from the hard drive place was talking about you would need an Ultra 320 capable controller card running on a 64 bit OS in the PCI-X slot

I dont believe their is such a thing as a U320 PCI slot controller card >>>> if memory serves me correctly

here is a whole slew of results

HD Tach Scores

10-02-2007, 03:33 PM	#1 (permalink)
silverhalide Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 3 OS: OS 10.3.9	Upgrade to 15k hardrive? Dear People, I am trying to enhance the performance of my (Titaniam Edition). It is the 1000MHZ dual processor G4 desktop. I use it to primarily use PhotoShop and an ImagePrint RIP to drive a 24" Epson roll printer. I have the most amount of RAM that model will take, 1.5 meg. It has the Atto EXPRESS PCI PRO UL3D SCSI card @ 37 meg seagate with a transfer speed of around 35-40 MPS. I talked to a gentelmen from from the tech people at one of the large hardrive suppliers. He told me the Fujitsu MAU 3147 15k 147 meg hardrive would allow a throughput speed of around 130+ with that card which is a 160 card. It seems like I spend way too much time watching the blue bar when I Save or Copy a 250 meg tif. file which is the smallest size I print. Would this hardrive or the Seagate 15k drive shorten this blue bar time noticably? Would there be a difference in the Fujitsu 15k vs Seagate 15k? Sincerely, Michael Dickey stardustgrafik.com Last edited by silverhalide; 10-02-2007 at 03:36 PM.

10-03-2007, 06:18 PM	#2 (permalink)
linderman Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 19,416 OS: win 2000 pro / Win XP pro My System	Re: Upgrade to 15k hardrive? Hello I am running both types of hard drives of which you speak the Fujitsu Mau 147 its faster than the 15K seagate cheetah U320 as far as getting to 130mbs transfer speed, that can only happen on a 64bit windows OS with a scsi controller card thats running in the PCI-X slot or PCI express X1 slot in a 32bit windows OS running your controller in a standard PCi slot you will be downgraded to about 80.8mb/s sustained transfer speed >>>> thats still faster than any other option as far as drives go >>>>> the cheetah sustains about 66.6 mb/s in as much as you already have the scsi set-up >>>>> I would proceed with getting the MAU 147 BTW: and U160 controller card is limited to about 80mb/s sustained transfer rate >>>>>> to get the full trottle like that fella from the hard drive place was talking about you would need an Ultra 320 capable controller card running on a 64 bit OS in the PCI-X slot I dont believe their is such a thing as a U320 PCI slot controller card >>>> if memory serves me correctly here is a whole slew of results HD Tach Scores __________________ Even a Broken Clock is Right Twice a Day ! Power Supply Selection LEARN TO BACK-UP YOUR DATA FREE & EASY YouTube - Runtime Software DriveImage XML tutorial Last edited by linderman; 10-03-2007 at 06:39 PM.