[Disksim-users] Newer Disk Models/diskspecs for Disksim 3.0

[John S. Bucy]

On Thu, Jan 05, 2006 at 06:46:44PM -0800, cb morrey wrote:
> Hello disksim users/developers!
> 
> I have disksim 3.0 up and running and am adding a new
> type of cache to the front end of it to test my PhD
> thesis.  I was wondering if there are any newer disk
> models and diskspecs available than the Quantum Atlas
> 10K from 1999?  

We're working on a new release which has a new layout model that
supports newer disks.  We have quite good models of e.g. the Seagate
Cheetah15k4.
 
> I realize that there is a description for
> automatically profiling disks from userland in Linux
> called DIXTRAC on the PDL website.  I'd be happy to
> profile my own disk setups if I had access to that
> software, but I'd be perfectly satisfied with some
> specs for a recent drive.  Any chance of that? 
> Response by private email is fine.

Dixtrac will be included in the release.



john