On Fri, 11 Jan 2002 20:01:26 +0100 Theo Wribe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 10, 2002 at 07:51:19AM +0800, csj wrote: > > On Tue, 8 Jan 2002 23:11:46 +0100 > > Theo Wribe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On Tue, Jan 08, 2002 at 02:00:27PM -0800, Brian Nelson wrote: > > > > It's all about scsi baby... > > > > > > > > /dev/sdb: > > > > Timing buffer-cache reads: 128 MB in 0.78 seconds =164.10 MB/sec > > > > Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 1.62 seconds = 39.51 MB/sec > > > > > > My Western Digital 80G 7200RPM is pretty good too. > > > > > > /dev/hdb: > > > Timing buffer-cache reads: 128 MB in 0.80 seconds =160.00 MB/sec > > > Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 1.58 seconds = 40.51 MB/sec > > > > Now that's something to get jealous over. How did you manage the > > additional 20MB over mine (20MB+/sec)? Is it just the RPM's or some > > other kernel compile option or hdparm paramater? Please don't tell me to > > RTFM. 20MB/sec is the most I could get from all my fine reading and > > tweaking. Also, I'm curious: anybody there who's managed to get even > > half of the theoretical UDMA 100? > > > RTFM - Just kidding ;> Thing I did was to compile my kernel with support > for Intel IDE controllers. Rebooted and got nice preformance. After that > I ran hdparm -c3 for I/O support in 32bit w/sync but It did just give me > an increase of 2-4MB/sec. Im pretty happy with the speed overall. I have AMD Inside.
