Randy Zagar wrote: > > >The reason for this is because there are more > >sectors on the outer track, so reads will be faster at the outer track > > I don't believe this statement is correct. The number of sectors per > track/cylinder is, I believe, a constant. Unless things have changed drastically, I agree with you here. > The interleave is basically an indication of how much the disk is going > to rotate while the head is moving from one track to But not here. :) Interleave is sector to sector, not track to track. The interleave is sector to sector. Instead of writing sequential sectors, they skip some. So instead of writing sectors 1-2-3-4-5 in order on a 5 sector track, they may write 1-3-5-2-4. Many years ago it had to do with limitations in buffer handling and being able to keep up with the rotational speed of the drive and optimizing overall transfer rates. -- Gary Flynn Security Engineer - Technical Services James Madison University Please R.U.N.S.A.F.E. http://www.jmu.edu/computing/info-security/engineering/runsafe.shtml ----------------------------------------------------------------- This list is provided by the SecurityFocus ARIS analyzer service. For more information on this free incident handling, management and tracking system please see: http://aris.securityfocus.com
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