Seeing as there is already dual channel ram and raid arrays to make data transfer faster, shouldn't it be possible to make dual channel platters or a raid array covering 2/6 platters to have hard disks going six times as fast?
Seeing as there is already dual channel ram and raid arrays to make data transfer faster, shouldn't it be possible to make dual channel platters or a raid array covering 2/6 platters to have hard disks going six times as fast?
Bits in a harddrive does not align well. Unlike dual channel ram, the ram address is fixed.
On different harddrives in RAID arrays, the address is the same, the position does not matter since the controller take care of it.
Using dual channel platters you need 2 perfectly identical platters which is impossible to make. (Even if you can make, the physical platter will More likely become less aligned over time.) If you opts for multiple heads and arms, they may interfere with each other's magnetic field and decrease writing accuracy, more errors, etc.
It is just easier, cheaper and more reliable to have 1 thread going on the same time only. Your suggestion will only help STR but not seek time. There are multiple heads in a harddrive but only one is working at any given time.
Workstation 1: Intel i7 950 @ 3.8Ghz / X58 / 12GB DDR3-1600 / HD4870 512MB / Antec P180
Workstation 2: Intel C2Q Q9550 @ 3.6Ghz / X38 / 4GB DDR2-800 / 8400GS 512MB / Open Air
Workstation 3: Intel Xeon X3350 @ 3.2Ghz / P35 / 4GB DDR2-800 / HD4770 512MB / Shuttle SP35P2
HTPC: AMD Athlon X4 620 @ 2.6Ghz / 780G / 4GB DDR2-1000 / Antec Mini P180 White
Mobile Workstation: Intel C2D T8300 @ 2.4Ghz / GM965 / 3GB DDR2-667 / DELL Inspiron 1525 / 6+6+9 Cell Battery
Display (Monitor): DELL Ultrasharp 2709W + DELL Ultrasharp 2001FP
Display (Projector): Epson TW-3500 1080p
Speakers: Creative Megaworks THX550 5.1
Headphones: Etymotic hf2 / Ultimate Ears Triple.fi 10 Pro
Storage: 8x2TB Hitachi @ DELL PERC 6/i RAID6 / 13TB Non-RAID Across 12 HDDs
Consoles: PS3 Slim 120GB / Xbox 360 Arcade 20GB / PS2
If the heads are able to move independantly, this would work. But that's too hard to engineer right now I assume. You'll basically need 1 HD controller for each platter.
There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)