On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 1:15 AM, Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: <SNIP> >>> Other than copying a file and using time to measure how long it takes, >>> what is the best test of a hard drive's speed? >> >> By running a benchmark tool that does exactly this. IOzone is a nice one: >> >> http://www.iozone.org >> >> It's in portage: "app-benchmarks/iozone". > > I installed it but trying to figure out how to use it. Jeez, what a man > page. O_O >
Yeah, it's a tough one. Also, very slow, assuming I understand it correctly. You have to use file sizes larger than the memory of the system, so on a 24GB system it takes (literally) a day or two to run. (Assuming I actually understood the man page!) ;-) - Mark
