Dale wrote:
It hasn't mattered in the past. I'm not sure why it should matter
now. I really don't see how it could matter at all really. Heck, my
DVD drive is slow as it gets, its udma4, but hdc is on the same cable
and it is one of the faster drives I have. That would exclude sda of
course. Those two drives has been in there this way for ages and
used to be pretty close as far as speed.
I'm thinking age is catching up on the drive myself.
Dale
:-) :-)
Just a update on this drive:
r...@smoker-new-hda / # /root/hdparm
Thu Jul 1 15:16:25 CDT 2010
/dev/hda:
Timing cached reads: 780 MB in 2.00 seconds = 389.91 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads: 170 MB in 3.01 seconds = 56.43 MB/sec
/dev/hdb:
Timing cached reads: 772 MB in 2.00 seconds = 385.42 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads: 14 MB in 3.08 seconds = 4.55 MB/sec
/dev/hdc:
Timing cached reads: 774 MB in 2.00 seconds = 386.48 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads: 168 MB in 3.01 seconds = 55.80 MB/sec
/dev/sda:
Timing cached reads: 790 MB in 2.00 seconds = 394.72 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads: 228 MB in 3.01 seconds = 75.86 MB/sec
r...@smoker-new-hda / #
It appears that hdb is on the way out. I think it is packing its
bags. 4.55MB/sec is getting pretty slow. That is on par with the
drives that were made 15 or 20 years ago.
I guess the next time I have the rig turned off, I need to move hdc down
to hdb's spot and bolt her down.
Dale
:-) :-)
