CompuServe Messages

The drive that gets that throughput is the Seagate Barracuda SCSI II series. I can send you the data if you like, it's consistent at 4.5 megs per second on the whole disk not just the outside. I was probably off with the 25% figure though – it should probably have read @ 20% – the only numbers I've heard for PAR throughput are 3.5 megs per second. If you've got different stats, definitely let me know. The reason people aren't flocking out to buy it is because its not available yet, although a final release of the software was announced last week, which I think means it'll be shipping by now – its much easier to flock to a product that's available <g>. I support the MAX not because I got one for free, but because of what I've been doing with it and how its been working for me – which is why I suspect you support the PAR <g>. I'll try to keep personal opinion out of my MAX related posts, other than some market place conjecture. The only reason I "jumped on you" (maybe "hop" would be more accurate <g>) was to reference the AV Video article which was tainted due to the authors inability to configure the device properly, which is not difficult at all (it requires typing in one word, and letting the software do the rest <g>). It's quite obvious that if a system is not configured properly, it'll perform poorly compared to another that is in good shape. I don't have any personal interest in backing one product over another, or whatever, and I'm not getting paid by anyone to say anything nice about the product. John Tissavary (LUNA cie)