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To: John Biddle who wrote (7342)2/16/1998 4:01:00 PM
From: Gottfried  Read Replies (1) of 9124
 
John, when data is arranged in cylinders you still read from one
head at a time, because there is only one read channel. Head to
head switching is faster than accessing a new track.

Yes, >>By reading from all heads simultaneously, and reassembling
the data electronically, you could raise the throughput significantly.
<<

If that was the bottleneck and you didn't mind the cost for the
extra read channels. There are, I believe, disk drive arrays
that read simultaneously from each of the drives.

I think for desk top drives costing less than 5 cents per MB
retail, every additional dollar counts. All of the things
you suggest can be done if the customer needs it and is
willing to pay for it.

GM
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