[linux-audio-user] Understanding HDD capabilities.

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Subject: [linux-audio-user] Understanding HDD capabilities.
From: Patrick Shirkey (pshirkey_AT_boosthardware.com)
Date: Tue Dec 04 2001 - 08:03:31 EET

Just trying to grok how much I can technically expect from an HDD.

I have a fair idea but could someone comfirm my understanding or
elaborate please.

If I want to record a stream the bottleneck is the speed at which the
hdd can transfer the data from the ide cable onto a disc right?

For example if I want a 16 bit, 48000 khz, mono file, that is 768
Kbit/sec.

If my hdd specs tell me that the media transfer rate is

Media Transfer Rate (Mbits/sec): 108.8-202.9

How many of the above streams would I technically be able to capture?

Would it be 0.1416 streams? ie not even 1 and a half streams? 

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