Large Drive Access Times

[Guest_imported]

Would there be any noticeable difference in access time for a larger drive with same speed specs. IE i am buying a server and am wondering if a 36 gb 10k rpm ultra 3 drive would be faster than the same exact drive but in 73 gb

 

[Ecaboodle]

No the drive speed times would be the same.

 

[teknoguy]

If both drives are at full capacity and you did a seek test on both i bet the 73gb HD's seek times will be different. but don't worry about it, it should be good.

 

[ShaithisDanoveur]

Actually, the 36 gb drive would be faster for a server in most respects because it's a smaller partition field overall to traverse. Seek times increase access times on an exponential magnitude, particularly in a server environment where defragging is often a forgotten art and file systems largely resemble fine cheese.

If you're looking at a server environment for this drive, I'd recommend multiple smaller drives in a RAID array instead of a single large drive. Not only do you improve performance in many areas but you give yourself fault tolerance, a must-have in today's markets.