On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> At 01:05 PM 11/21/99 -0700, Axalon Bloodstone wrote:
> >On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, Steve Philp wrote:
> >[...]
> >>
> >> Overall, though, I didn't notice enough of a speed difference between
> >> the drive on UDMA/66 and the drive on a "normal" interface to want to
> >> fight with it anymore. I'm perfectly happy with the drive on a normal
> >> interface.
> >
> >With it on,
> >
> >/dev/hda:
> > Timing buffer-cache reads: 128 MB in 1.75 seconds =73.14 MB/sec
> > Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 21.91 seconds = 2.92 MB/sec
> >
> >I'm not gonna switch it just to show you guys, but on hde cache reads hit
> >around 125-150, and buffered gets up to about 5-10. A mighty big
> >improvment, but....
>
> Well, yeah, but this isn't a real meaningful test. A real-world app is
> still going to be limited primarily by how fast it can spin the platters...
Y'all make me feel real good that my newest old drive (8.4 WD),
the slave, with Mandrake on it, gets cache- ~140 mb/sec and reads- ~
10.5/sec without havin to spin my wheels over all this '/66' hype :)
Have y'all tried splice'n a 12v an a 5 volt wire from the PS
together ? Might _really_ get those HDD's off their butt ? ;-)
Make those disks spin .... ?
Platter spin I can grasp, even interleave ....BUT, how do they
get those little arms to go back 'an forth so fast. Make'a humming
bird jealous for sure (?)
--
.. Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
