[plug] Hdparm

[Craig Ringer]

>>Can any give some sample out put stating
>>cpu speed, ata type, raid yes/no
>>and Hdparm -Tt /dev/hd? results
>>
>>I know a few of magazine examples (and my own) but would like to see what 
>>some of the TOP speed results are.

A more reasonable test subject:

AMD Athlon 1800+ (1.5GHz), 512MB RAM, 1x120g Western Digital JB (still 
works, too!) on a standard PATA connection:

# hdparm -tT /dev/hda
/dev/hda:
  Timing buffer-cache reads:   128 MB in  0.56 seconds =228.57 MB/sec
  Timing buffered disk reads:  64 MB in  1.39 seconds = 46.04 MB/sec

I'll try out my home box later, it's much the same but has 2 of those WD 
drives, plus one Maxtor 120g drive.

Craig Ringer