FC60 with 10k or 15k rpm drives - which best?

[David G Ledger]

We have received two quotes for L class systems with FC60s. One uses 10krpm SCSII 2 drives, the other 15krpm SCSI 3 drives. The fact that the FC60 connects to its drives with SCSI 2 makes us wonder if there would be any real speed advantage to using the faster drives. I'm hoping someone has done the arithmetic (or better still, a real test) already.

David -- off to find the figures ...

[Vincent Farrugia]

Hello,

As you correctly mentioned, the transfer rate remains the same in both cases, but the seek time internally is lower for the 15,000rpm disks. Follow this link for more details:

http://www.hp.com/products1/storage/disk_arrays/midrange/fc60/specifications/index.html

HTH,
Vince