> here's the fun freebie script to test which filesystem is faster > - format the disk(partitions) once > - do 3 passes copying 2.3GB of files from /dev/hda to /dev/hdc
Your benchmark is fundamentally skewed. It uses tar to copy files from your root dirctory to $MNT without caching the intermediate tarballs. This means that in each case, you're also measuring the read speed of your normal filesystems in addition to the write speed of your target. In the first pass, you're also timing the speed at which your filesystems can fill their directory listing caches, which will artificially improve subsequent runs. -- Kirk Strauser -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
