Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] Understanding HDD capabilities.
From: Jason (hormonex_AT_yankthechain.com)
Date: Tue Dec 04 2001 - 09:35:34 EET
That's actually a really good question, and something I've been trying to
unravel for years. please share whatever findings you reach with the list.
On Tue, 4 Dec 2001, Patrick Shirkey wrote:
> 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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