| From: | Neil Bothwick |
| Date: | 31 May 2001 at 00:09:10 |
| Subject: | Re: Max transfer Rates |
Glyn Astill said,
> --- Neil Bothwick <neil@wirenet.co.uk> wrote: > Glyn
> Astill said,
>>
>> No it isn't. Max Transfer is the largest block size
>> for data transfers
>> to or from the drive. If this is larger than the
>> drive's internal buffer
>> you can get data corruption.
> Oh right, so the max transfer rate is about how the
> data is framed when it is sent from the computer to
> the disk or vice versa depending on the disks buffer?
It's not a rate, it's a size.
>> You shouldn't "mess" with it, but you should set it
>> to the appropriate
>> value for your drive.
> What would be the effect if the max transfer rate is
> set to a smaller value than the one for the disk?
Setting the max transfer *size* to smaller than the disk's buffer won't
do any harm, unless you set it to something ridiculously small.
Cheers
Neil
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