[plug] Hdparm

[Cameron Patrick]

On Mon, Jul 21, 2003 at 04:56:51PM +0800, Ryan wrote:
| On Mon, 2003-07-21 at 16:39, Mungo TheB wrote:
| > 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.

Duron 800, onboard VIA ATA100 IDE, Seagate Barracuda IV:
/dev/hda:
 Timing buffer-cache reads:   128 MB in  0.90 seconds =142.22 MB/sec
 Timing buffered disk reads:  64 MB in  1.87 seconds = 34.22 MB/sec

Same machine, SiS680 IDE, Western Digital JB:
/dev/hdg:
 Timing buffer-cache reads:   128 MB in  0.90 seconds =142.22 MB/sec
 Timing buffered disk reads:  64 MB in  1.47 seconds = 43.54 MB/sec

Cameron.