Hi all, when I try dd command I will get similar numbers :
$ dd if=/dev/urandom of=test bs=1k count=1024 1024+0 records in 1024+0 records out 1048576 bytes transferred in 6.798 secs (154233 bytes/sec) $ On my old desktop with Ubuntu I have about 1,7MB/s,my friends with Linux have from about 3 to 8MB/s,my friend with OpenBSD on server has about 50MB/s(of course totally different HW) and what's worse on same laptop I have about 33MB/s with OpenSolaris.Of course that this is not some magic test of speed,but it is visible how slow is it even when working with apps.I think that there is some problem but I can't find where.I tried to use SoftDependencies,turn off atime,I played with namei cache size and all without success.I'm reading trough man pages for drivers and so on,but can't find anything obvious. (same results are on amd64). Problem of chipset,disk,some option? $ apm Battery state: high, 100% remaining, unknown life estimate A/C adapter state: connected Performance adjustment mode: cool running (800 MHz) $ $ sudo atactl wd0 identify Model: Hitachi HTS723280L9A362, Rev: FC1OC30F, Serial #: S/N Device type: ATA, fixed Cylinders: 16383, heads: 16, sec/track: 63, total sectors: 156301488 Device capabilities: IORDY operation IORDY disabling Device supports the following standards: ATA-2 ATA-3 ATA-4 ATA-5 ATA-6 ATA-7 ATA-8 Master password revision code 0xfffe Device supports the following command sets: NOP command READ BUFFER command WRITE BUFFER command Host Protected Area feature set Read look-ahead Write cache Power Management feature set Security Mode feature set SMART feature set Flush Cache Ext command Flush Cache command Device Configuration Overlay feature set 48bit address feature set Automatic Acoustic Management feature set Set Max security extension commands Set Features subcommand required Power-up in standby feature set Advanced Power Management feature set DOWNLOAD MICROCODE command IDLE IMMEDIATE with UNLOAD FEATURE SMART self-test SMART error logging Device has enabled the following command sets/features: NOP command READ BUFFER command WRITE BUFFER command Host Protected Area feature set Read look-ahead Write cache Power Management feature set SMART feature set Flush Cache Ext command Flush Cache command Device Configuration Overlay feature set 48bit address feature set Automatic Acoustic Management feature set Set Features subcommand required Advanced Power Management feature set DOWNLOAD MICROCODE command $ $ cat /etc/fstab /dev/wd0a / ffs rw,softdep 1 1 /dev/wd0l /home ffs rw,nodev,nosuid,softdep 1 2 /dev/wd0d /tmp ffs rw,nodev,nosuid,softdep 1 2 /dev/wd0f /usr ffs rw,nodev,softdep 1 2 /dev/wd0h /usr/X11R6 ffs rw,nodev,softdep 1 2 /dev/wd0g /usr/local ffs rw,nodev,softdep 1 2 /dev/wd0j /usr/obj ffs rw,nodev,nosuid,softdep 1 2 /dev/wd0k /usr/src ffs rw,nodev,nosuid,softdep 1 2 /dev/wd0e /var ffs rw,nodev,nosuid,softdep 1 2 $ $ df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on /dev/wd0a 254M 43.0M 198M 18% / /dev/wd0l 9.6G 262M 8.9G 3% /home /dev/wd0d 1008M 8.0K 958M 0% /tmp /dev/wd0f 3.4G 424M 2.8G 13% /usr /dev/wd0h 508M 166M 317M 34% /usr/X11R6 /dev/wd0g 2.9G 158M 2.6G 6% /usr/local /dev/wd0j 1.9G 2.0K 1.8G 0% /usr/obj /dev/wd0k 1.9G 2.0K 1.8G 0% /usr/src /dev/wd0e 254M 8.2M 233M 3% /var $ $ swapctl -lk Device 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity Priority swap_device 40162 0 40162 0% 0 $ $ dmesg OpenBSD 4.6-current (GENERIC.MP) #205: Thu Sep 24 10:57:47 MDT 2009 t...@i386.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC.MP cpu0: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU P8600 @ 2.40GHz ("GenuineIntel" 686-class) 2.40 GHz cpu0: FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,SBF,SSE3,MWAIT,DS-CPL,VMX,SMX,EST,TM2,CX16,xTPR real mem = 3707650048 (3535MB) avail mem = 3608420352 (3441MB) mainbus0 at root bios0 at mainbus0: AT/286+ BIOS, date 02/13/09, BIOS32 rev. 0 @ 0xffa10, SMBIOS rev. 2.4 @ 0xf6590 (57 entries) bios0: vendor Dell Inc. version "A12" date 02/13/2009 bios0: Dell Inc. Latitude E6400 acpi0 at bios0: rev 2 acpi0: tables DSDT FACP HPET DMAR APIC ASF! MCFG TCPA SLIC SSDT acpi0: wakeup devices PCI0(S4) PCIE(S4) USB1(S3) USB2(S3) USB3(S3) USB4(S3) USB5(S3) USB6(S3) EHC2(S3) EHCI(S3) AZAL(S3) RP01(S4) RP02(S4) RP03(S4) RP04(S3) RP05(S3) RP06(S5) LID_(S3) PBTN(S4) acpitimer0 at acpi0: 3579545 Hz, 24 bits acpihpet0 at acpi0: 14318179 Hz acpimadt0 at acpi0 addr 0xfee00000: PC-AT compat cpu0 at mainbus0: apid 0 (boot processor) cpu0: apic clock running at 266MHz cpu1 at mainbus0: apid 1 (application processor) cpu1: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU P8600 @ 2.40GHz ("GenuineIntel" 686-class) 2.40 GHz cpu1: FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,SBF,SSE3,MWAIT,DS-CPL,VMX,SMX,EST,TM2,CX16,xTPR ioapic0 at mainbus0: apid 2 pa 0xfec00000, version 20, 24 pins ioapic0: misconfigured as apic 0, remapped to apid 2 acpiprt0 at acpi0: bus 3 (PCIE) acpiprt1 at acpi0: bus -1 (AGP_) acpiprt2 at acpi0: bus 11 (RP01) acpiprt3 at acpi0: bus 12 (RP02) acpiprt4 at acpi0: bus 13 (RP03) acpiprt5 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP04) acpiprt6 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP05) acpiprt7 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP06) acpiprt8 at acpi0: bus 0 (PCI0) acpiec0 at acpi0 acpicpu0 at acpi0: C3, C2, C1, PSS acpicpu1 at acpi0: C3, C2, C1, PSS acpitz0 at acpi0: critical temperature 107 degC acpibtn0 at acpi0: LID_ acpibtn1 at acpi0: PBTN acpibtn2 at acpi0: SBTN acpiac0 at acpi0: AC unit online acpibat0 at acpi0: BAT0 model "DELL MP4948B" serial 36706 type LION oem "Samsung SDI" acpibat1 at acpi0: BAT1 not present acpivideo0 at acpi0: VID_ acpivout0 at acpivideo0: CRT_ acpivout1 at acpivideo0: LCD_ acpivout2 at acpivideo0: DVI_ acpivout3 at acpivideo0: DVI2 acpivout4 at acpivideo0: DP__ acpivout5 at acpivideo0: DP2_ acpivideo1 at acpi0: VID_ acpivout6 at acpivideo1: CRT_ acpivout7 at acpivideo1: LCD_ acpivout8 at acpivideo1: DP__ acpivout9 at acpivideo1: DP2_ acpivout10 at acpivideo1: DVI_ acpivout11 at acpivideo1: DVI2 acpivideo2 at acpi0: VID2 bios0: ROM list: 0xc0000/0xf800! 0xcf800/0x800 cpu0: Enhanced SpeedStep 2395 MHz: speeds: 2401, 2400, 1600, 800 MHz pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1 (bios) pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "Intel GM45 Host" rev 0x07 vga1 at pci0 dev 2 function 0 "Intel GM45 Video" rev 0x07 wsdisplay0 at vga1 mux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation) wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (80x25, vt100 emulation) intagp0 at vga1 agp0 at intagp0: aperture at 0xe0000000, size 0x10000000 inteldrm0 at vga1: apic 2 int 16 (irq 11) drm0 at inteldrm0 "Intel GM45 Video" rev 0x07 at pci0 dev 2 function 1 not configured em0 at pci0 dev 25 function 0 "Intel ICH9 IGP M AMT" rev 0x03: apic 2 int 22 (irq 10), address 00:21:70:ec:44:0a uhci0 at pci0 dev 26 function 0 "Intel 82801I USB" rev 0x03: apic 2 int 20 (irq 3) uhci1 at pci0 dev 26 function 1 "Intel 82801I USB" rev 0x03: apic 2 int 21 (irq 11) uhci2 at pci0 dev 26 function 2 "Intel 82801I USB" rev 0x03: apic 2 int 22 (irq 10) ehci0 at pci0 dev 26 function 7 "Intel 82801I USB" rev 0x03: apic 2 int 22 (irq 10) usb0 at ehci0: USB revision 2.0 uhub0 at usb0 "Intel EHCI root hub" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 1 azalia0 at pci0 dev 27 function 0 "Intel 82801I HD Audio" rev 0x03: apic 2 int 21 (irq 11) azalia0: codecs: IDT 92HD71B7, Intel/0x2802, using IDT 92HD71B7 audio0 at azalia0 ppb0 at pci0 dev 28 function 0 "Intel 82801I PCIE" rev 0x03: apic 2 int 16 (irq 0) pci1 at ppb0 bus 11 ppb1 at pci0 dev 28 function 1 "Intel 82801I PCIE" rev 0x03: apic 2 int 17 (irq 0) pci2 at ppb1 bus 12 iwn0 at pci2 dev 0 function 0 "Intel WiFi Link 5100" rev 0x00: apic 2 int 17 (irq 3), MIMO 1T2R, MoW, address 00:22:fb:23:06:e0 ppb2 at pci0 dev 28 function 2 "Intel 82801I PCIE" rev 0x03: apic 2 int 18 (irq 0) pci3 at ppb2 bus 13 uhci3 at pci0 dev 29 function 0 "Intel 82801I USB" rev 0x03: apic 2 int 20 (irq 3) uhci4 at pci0 dev 29 function 1 "Intel 82801I USB" rev 0x03: apic 2 int 21 (irq 11) uhci5 at pci0 dev 29 function 2 "Intel 82801I USB" rev 0x03: apic 2 int 22 (irq 10) ehci1 at pci0 dev 29 function 7 "Intel 82801I USB" rev 0x03: apic 2 int 20 (irq 3) usb1 at ehci1: USB revision 2.0 uhub1 at usb1 "Intel EHCI root hub" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 1 ppb3 at pci0 dev 30 function 0 "Intel 82801BAM Hub-to-PCI" rev 0x93 pci4 at ppb3 bus 3 cbb0 at pci4 dev 1 function 0 "Ricoh 5C476 CardBus" rev 0xba: apic 2 int 19 (irq 10) "Ricoh 5C832 Firewire" rev 0x04 at pci4 dev 1 function 1 not configured sdhc0 at pci4 dev 1 function 2 "Ricoh 5C822 SD/MMC" rev 0x21: apic 2 int 18 (irq 11) sdmmc0 at sdhc0 "Ricoh 5C843 MMC" rev 0x11 at pci4 dev 1 function 3 not configured cardslot0 at cbb0 slot 0 flags 0 cardbus0 at cardslot0: bus 4 device 0 cacheline 0x0, lattimer 0x20 pcmcia0 at cardslot0 pcib0 at pci0 dev 31 function 0 "Intel 82801IEM LPC" rev 0x03 pciide0 at pci0 dev 31 function 2 "Intel 82801I SATA" rev 0x03: DMA, channel 0 configured to native-PCI, channel 1 configured to native-PCI pciide0: using apic 2 int 19 (irq 10) for native-PCI interrupt wd0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0: <Hitachi HTS723280L9A362> wd0: 16-sector PIO, LBA48, 76319MB, 156301488 sectors wd0(pciide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 5 atapiscsi0 at pciide0 channel 1 drive 0 scsibus0 at atapiscsi0: 2 targets cd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <TSSTcorp, DVD+-RW TS-U633A, D200> ATAPI 5/cdrom removable cd0(pciide0:1:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 5 ichiic0 at pci0 dev 31 function 3 "Intel 82801I SMBus" rev 0x03: apic 2 int 17 (irq 3) iic0 at ichiic0 spdmem0 at iic0 addr 0x50: 2GB DDR2 SDRAM non-parity PC2-6400CL5 SO-DIMM spdmem1 at iic0 addr 0x52: 2GB DDR2 SDRAM non-parity PC2-6400CL5 SO-DIMM pciide1 at pci0 dev 31 function 5 "Intel 82801I SATA" rev 0x03: DMA, channel 0 wired to native-PCI, channel 1 wired to native-PCI pciide1: using apic 2 int 19 (irq 10) for native-PCI interrupt usb2 at uhci0: USB revision 1.0 uhub2 at usb2 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 usb3 at uhci1: USB revision 1.0 uhub3 at usb3 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 usb4 at uhci2: USB revision 1.0 uhub4 at usb4 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 usb5 at uhci3: USB revision 1.0 uhub5 at usb5 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 usb6 at uhci4: USB revision 1.0 uhub6 at usb6 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 usb7 at uhci5: USB revision 1.0 uhub7 at usb7 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 isa0 at pcib0 isadma0 at isa0 com1 at isa0 port 0x2f8/8 irq 3: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5 pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot) pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0 pms0 at pckbc0 (aux slot) pckbc0: using irq 12 for aux slot wsmouse0 at pms0 mux 0 pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61 midi0 at pcppi0: <PC speaker> spkr0 at pcppi0 npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0/16: reported by CPUID; using exception 16 mtrr: Pentium Pro MTRR support uvideo0 at uhub0 port 6 configuration 1 interface 0 "CN0TX5937248792101KJ Laptop_Integrated_Webcam_0.3M" rev 2.00/88.06 addr 2 uvideo0: video control not supported for this device. video0 at uvideo0 ugen0 at uhub4 port 1 "Broadcom Corp 5880" rev 1.10/1.01 addr 2 uhidev0 at uhub6 port 1 configuration 1 interface 0 "Primax Electronics DELL Laser Mouse" rev 2.00/7.17 addr 2 uhidev0: iclass 3/1 ums0 at uhidev0: 5 buttons, Z dir wsmouse1 at ums0 mux 0 vscsi0 at root scsibus1 at vscsi0: 256 targets softraid0 at root root on wd0a swap on wd0b dump on wd0b $ -- http://www.openbsd.org/lyrics.html