I'm with Jared, Mladen. I fail to see how the 10K seek times could = possibly be the same as the 15K. Am I missing something or does not a = faster spindle on the same size, number, and density of platter provide = a faster seek? Rich -----Original Message----- Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 11:56 AM Subject: RE: BINARIES - San or Local Storage > >=20 > > --- "Gogala, Mladen" <Mladen.Gogala@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > >=20 > > no way. you cannot be serious. > > average access times are much less than that for > > decent server-class drives, >=20 > Actually, that is not true. Average seek time for modern drives=20 > is still around 10 miliseconds. That is the state of technology. >=20 I've been playing with some Hitachi 10k drives=20 (Hitachi 146/10 IC35L146F2DY10) that have an avg seek time of 5 ms. The 15k drives are 3 ms. Jared ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------