On Mon, 16 Aug 2004 17:39, "R.M. Evers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > pci, the speeds are fairly good (surely not top of the bill though). the > configuration is 3-disk raid5. fyi, here's the hdparm test: > > /dev/sda: > Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 1.43 seconds = 44.76 MB/sec
That read speed is quite poor. I would expect to see better speeds than that from a single S-ATA disk! For several years people have been reporting better speeds than that from 3ware controllers (although almost no-one tested with as few as three disks). But hdparm is a poor benchmark tool. I suggest using Bonnie++. -- http://www.coker.com.au/selinux/ My NSA Security Enhanced Linux packages http://www.coker.com.au/bonnie++/ Bonnie++ hard drive benchmark http://www.coker.com.au/postal/ Postal SMTP/POP benchmark http://www.coker.com.au/~russell/ My home page -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
