Hello Ken,

  KP> The data Transfer rate was around 850megs/second. It was only a
    > little bit slower than the IDE specification.

I'm going to hazard a guess that you saw 850 Kilobytes/second, which is in
line with the early ATA ("IDE") drives that I tested.  Even
today's "Ultra DMA" ATA types won't yield anything like 850
Megabytes per second.

  KP> The average data transfer rate is not one of the things that are
    > mentioned in the drive specs. Everyone assumes it will be
    > somewhere close to the IDE standard.

I always look for the sustained data transfer rate, rather than the average.

- Andy Ball

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