Same, running Ubuntu 10.04 AMD64, sdg is a Seagate 7200.11 1.5TB and shows a BuffSize of 0Kb, however sda is a WD RE3 1TB and shows a BuffSize of 32767kB.
hdparm -i /dev/sdg /dev/sdg: Model=ST31500341AS, FwRev=CC1H, SerialNo=XXXXXXXX Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs RotSpdTol>.5% } RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=4 BuffType=unknown, BuffSize=0kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16 CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=2930277168 IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120} PIO modes: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4 DMA modes: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 udma5 *udma6 AdvancedPM=no WriteCache=enabled Drive conforms to: unknown: ATA/ATAPI-4,5,6,7 * signifies the current active mode hdparm -i /dev/sda /dev/sda: Model=WDC, FwRev=03.00C06, SerialNo=WD-XXXXXXXXXXXX Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec SpinMotCtl Fixed DTR>5Mbs FmtGapReq } RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=50 BuffType=unknown, BuffSize=32767kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16 CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=1953525168 IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120} PIO modes: pio0 pio3 pio4 DMA modes: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 *udma5 udma6 AdvancedPM=no WriteCache=enabled Drive conforms to: Unspecified: ATA/ATAPI-1,2,3,4,5,6,7 * signifies the current active mode /dev/sdg: Timing cached reads: 182 MB in 2.04 seconds = 89.43 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 182 MB in 3.00 seconds = 60.65 MB/sec r...@monkey-pc:~/.config# hdparm -tT /dev/sda /dev/sda: Timing cached reads: 184 MB in 2.04 seconds = 90.07 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 168 MB in 3.03 seconds = 55.43 MB/sec Is performance affected by this issue? -- Hard drive BuffSize=0kB https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/31072 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs