I was attempting to measure random page cost a while ago - I used three programs in this archive :
http://techdocs.postgresql.org/markir/download/benchtool/ It writes a single big file and seems to give more realistic measurements ( like 6 for a Solaris scsi system and 10 for a Linux ide one...) Have a look and see if you can cannibalize it for your program Cheers Mark ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED])
