> 3. dd if=/dev/zero of=${MOUNTPOINT}/randomfile.bin bs=1M \
> count=$mbytes oflag=direct
>
> 4. sync
>
> 5. STARTTIME=time()
>
> 6. cp ${MOUNTPOINT}/randomfile.bin ${MOUNTPOINT}/randomfile2.bin
cp is reading the file then writing it, dd is just writing zeros.
If you use dd to read the file with bs=1M from the ${MOUNTPOINT} what
speed does it read at?
If you profile cp what size reads and writes is it doing to
${MOUNTPOINT}?
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