Similar experiences with HP and their SmartArray 5i controller on Linux.
The answer was: "this controller has won awards for performance! It can't be
slow!", so we made them test it in their own labs an prove just how awfully
slow it was. In the case of the 5i, it became apparent that HP had no
in
Jean-David Beyer wrote:
>
> Sure, some even read the entire cylinder. But unless the data are stored
> contiguously, this does little good. The Linux ext2 and ext3 file systems
> try to get more contiguity by allocating (IIRC) 8 blocks each time a write
> needs space
>From where do you recall thi
Merlin Moncure wrote:
On 11/8/06, Markus Schaber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi, Brian,
Brian Hurt wrote:
> So the question is: is there an easy to install and run, read-heavy
> benchmark out there that I can wave at them to get them to fix the
> problem?
For sequential read performance, use
On 11/8/06, Markus Schaber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi, Brian,
Brian Hurt wrote:
> So the question is: is there an easy to install and run, read-heavy
> benchmark out there that I can wave at them to get them to fix the
> problem?
For sequential read performance, use dd. Most variants of dd
Hi, Brian,
Brian Hurt wrote:
> So the question is: is there an easy to install and run, read-heavy
> benchmark out there that I can wave at them to get them to fix the
> problem?
For sequential read performance, use dd. Most variants of dd I've seen
output some timing information, and if not, do
