Will Stephenson <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hello! > > I have a client who recently purchased a P2-400 Dell (running NT 4 w/SP 4 > workstation) with 128 ECC RAM, an 8G harddrive, and an internal (IDE) Zip > 250 MB drive for use as a file server for a Foxpro application. > > When writing to a 100MB Zip disk, 100 MB of data takes around 9 minutes. > When writing to a 250 MB disk, the same amount of data takes about 90 > seconds. Has anyone one on the list seen or heard of a similar situation ? > Or would anyone have an idea why ? From the Iomega FAQ are http://www.iomega.com/support/documents/30050.html.. What is the Zip 250 Performance when writing to Zip 100 Media? When writing to a Zip 100MB Media disk using a Zip 250 drive, the performance is noticeably slower than when writing to a Zip 250MB media. How much slower is the drive? The Zip 250 parallel port drive and SCSI drive are approximately 60% slower writing to a 100MB disk on the 250MB drive then it is to write to a 250MB disk in a 250 drive. See the specifications below: Parallel Port Interface. .3MB/sec read on a 100MB disk .14MB /sec write on a 100MB disk .3MB /sec read on a 250MB disk .3MB /sec read on a 250MB disk SCSI. 1.7MB /sec read on a 100MB disk .2MB /sec write on a 100MB disk 1.7MB /sec read on a 250MB disk 1.7MB /sec write on a 250MB disk As you can see, writing to a 100MB disk is about 8 times slower. -- Russ Poffenberger Engineering Specialist Schlumberger Technologies ATE DOMAIN: [log in to unmask] 1601 Technology Drive San Jose, Ca. 95110 Voice: (408)437-5254 FAX: (408)437-5246 PCBUILD's List Owner's: Bob Wright<[log in to unmask]> Drew Dunn<[log in to unmask]>