Re: [cobalt-users] RaQ3/4 simultaneous file transfers (uploads)

["cbtrussell" <cbtrussell@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> >The question: how can I know when I'm reaching the capacity of the RaQ to
> >receive simultaneous uploads? I've got to think that some number of RaQ's
> >running full tilt at 4am will eventually saturate the capacity of the
drive
> >to write all that data...anyone have any thoughts how to tell for sure?
>
> I'm a newbie, but isn't a hard drive faster than a fast ethernet
connection?
> Therefore the drive will cope reading/writing but the network would be
> saturated????

Hi Steve,

You're right on the drive being faster than the network, I believe. Seems
most of the drives we use have average read/write transfer rates in the
20-40 MB/s range. What I was concerned about was the simultaneous activity
of multiple fast writes to different parts of the disk... thinking it would
at a minimum give the head a strenuous work-out  :-)

Brandon