Linux Installation with SCSI Drive

[Guest ron4ld]

I often try out (installing) Linux distributions, so this is an

I/O intensive operation (writing to the drive).

 

Would using SCSI drive significantly improve the installing

time?

 

FYI currently I use Seagate 7200.7 80 GB and to get

full 3 GB install takes around ~10 to 20 minutes.

 

and the drive I want to get is probably

Seagate Cheetak 15K.3: 18 GB, 15,000 prm Ultra320 SCSI

http://www.seagate.com/cda/products/discsa...081,619,00.html

[DragonMage]

I don't think it would help much really. 10-20 minute installation is the best someone can do I think. Don't forget that there is still the reading from the CD-ROM and uncompressing those RPMs that needs to be done.

[Echylo]

Now don't listen to me, cause I almost know nothing about harddisks :P but I think the rpm's is(rotation per minute?) the important part, cause it linear increases the read/write speed of you HD , I don't know if the scsi will speed it up, don't know anything about it :)

[Guest godrifle]

Undoubtedly it would. I just installed Mandrake 10 on a dual Xeon 3.06 with two U320 15K RPM drives in 7 minutes.

 

U320 has three times the bandwidth of ATA100, twice that of SATA150. Higher rotational speeds mean more data passes under the heads in a given time period.

 

I often try out (installing) Linux distributions, so this is an

I/O intensive operation (writing to the drive).

 

Would using SCSI drive significantly improve the installing

time?

 

FYI currently I use Seagate 7200.7 80 GB and to get

full 3 GB install takes around ~10 to 20 minutes.

 

and the drive I want to get is probably

Seagate Cheetak 15K.3: 18 GB, 15,000 prm Ultra320 SCSI

http://www.seagate.com/cda/products/discsa...081,619,00.html

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