Which is better to consider for a harddisk?

[n25]

Its storage size or its cache size? I'm not sure of what to get between a 120gb 8mb cache and a 160gb 2mb cache, both are similarly priced.

 

[paparazi]

n25
What are you asking?

The 8meg 120gig is likely better performing
The 2meg 160gig has larger capacity

Which feature is better for you?

Answer?
There's your answer!

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[n25]

It's very easy to see the difference between their storage sizes (we're talking 40Gb here), but I'm not that well versed with their cache. Performance wise, how much do they differ?

 

[paulrw1]

n25, think of the cache as a bucket. As youir program requests data, files and program code from your hard drive, this data, files, etc come from the cache (or bucket). As the bucket empties, it must get refilled. The bigger the bucket, the more data, files, etc it can hold, thus the less time is spent filling the bucket (cache). Thus performance is enhanced. In some cases, it's greatly enhanced.

 

[n25]

Thanks paulrw1, I'll take that in mind.