Leslie C. Miller became daring and sent these 3.3K bytes,
> * Hemmann, Volker Armin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > On Sunday 08 June 2003 05:38, Stroller wrote:
> > > On 8/6/03 3:05 am, "Dhruba Bandopadhyay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > On Sat, 2003-06-07 at 20:06, Stroller wrote:
>
> ============================> snip <==========================
>
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] stroller $ sudo /sbin/hdparm -i /dev/hda
> > >
> > > /dev/hda:
> > >
> > > Model=IBM-DARA-212000, FwRev=AR4OA53A, SerialNo=AH0AHJ80443
> > > Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs }
> > > RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=4
> > > BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=418kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16
> > > CurCHS=17475/15/63, CurSects=16513875, LBA=yes, LBAsects=23579136
> > > IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:240,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
> > > AdvancedPM=yes: mode=0x80 (128) WriteCache=enabled
> > > Drive conforms to: ATA/ATAPI-4 T13 1153D revision 17: 1 2 3 4
> > >
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] stroller $
> > >
> > > Maybe this hard-drive is just a particularly slow one, as Volker
> > > suggests..? But is seems SO considerably much slower than all the other
> > > hdparm results I've seen posted. 8-[
>
> How about this for slow:
>
> iris root # hdparm -Tt /dev/hde
>
> /dev/hde:
> Timing buffer-cache reads: 128 MB in 1.25 seconds =102.40 MB/sec
> Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 1.75 seconds = 36.47 MB/sec
>
>
> iris root # hdparm -Tt /dev/hdf
>
> /dev/hdf:
> Timing buffer-cache reads: -3008 MB in 0.00 seconds = -inf kB/sec
> Timing buffered disk reads: -1504 MB in 0.00 seconds = -inf kB/sec
> Hmm.. suspicious results: probably not enough free memory for a proper test.
>
> Both drives are hooked to an HT370 RAID controller (onboard). RAID is
> not used, just the UDMA/100 interface. hde is 2 years old, and hdf is
> two weeks old. Something odd is going on here; I have 512M RAM and only
> about 256M of that in use. Both drives have identical settings:
>
> multcount = 16 (on)
> IO_support = 1 (32-bit)
> unmaskirq = 1 (on)
> using_dma = 1 (on)
> keepsettings = 1 (on)
> readonly = 0 (off)
> readahead = 8 (on)
>
> In fact, the drives are idential WD drives, except that hde the 40G version,
> and hdf is the 80G version.
>
>
> --
>
> Leslie C. Miller
> LHH 447
> Dept. of Philosophy
> Mesa State College
> Grand Junction, CO 81506
>
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>
In case anyone cares...
//-----------------------------------------------------------
// 100GB Western Digital ata100 hdd on a Pentium4 1.7GHz/512MB DDR266
//-----------------------------------------------------------
/home/darkstar# hdparm -Tt /dev/hda
/dev/hda:
Timing buffer-cache reads: 128 MB in 0.32 seconds =400.00 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 1.56 seconds = 41.03 MB/sec
/home/darkstar# hdparm /dev/hda
/dev/hda:
multcount = 16 (on)
IO_support = 1 (32-bit)
unmaskirq = 0 (off)
using_dma = 1 (on)
keepsettings = 0 (off)
readonly = 0 (off)
readahead = 8 (on)
geometry = 12161/255/63, sectors = 195371568, start = 0
/home/darkstar# hdparm -i /dev/hda
/dev/hda:
Model=WDC WD1000BB-50CCB0, FwRev=22.04A22, SerialNo=WD-WMA9P1315472
Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec SpinMotCtl Fixed DTR>5Mbs
FmtGapReq }
RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=57600, SectSize=600, ECCbytes=40
BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=2048kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16
CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=195371568
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
AdvancedPM=no WriteCache=enabled
Drive conforms to: device does not report version: 1 2 3 4 5
//---------------------------------------------------
// 20GB Western Digital ata100 hdd on a Athlon 900/512MB pc11
//---------------------------------------------------
[EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# hdparm -Tt /dev/hda
/dev/hda:
Timing buffer-cache reads: 128 MB in 0.90 seconds =142.22 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 2.70 seconds = 23.70 MB/sec
[EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# hdparm /dev/hda
/dev/hda:
multcount = 16 (on)
IO_support = 1 (32-bit)
unmaskirq = 0 (off)
using_dma = 1 (on)
keepsettings = 0 (off)
readonly = 0 (off)
readahead = 8 (on)
geometry = 2434/255/63, sectors = 39102336, start = 0
[EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# /sbin/hdparm -i /dev/hda
/dev/hda:
Model=WDC WD200EB-00BHF0, FwRev=15.15M15, SerialNo=WD-WMA6K3543396
Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec SpinMotCtl Fixed DTR>5Mbs
FmtGapReq }
RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=57600, SectSize=600, ECCbytes=40
BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=2048kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16
CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=39102336
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
AdvancedPM=no WriteCache=enabled
Drive conforms to: device does not report version: 1 2 3 4 5
//-----------------------------------------
// 30GB Maxtor ata100 HDD on same as above
//-----------------------------------------
[EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# hdparm -Tt /dev/hdd
/dev/hdd:
Timing buffer-cache reads: 128 MB in 0.89 seconds =143.82 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 1.75 seconds = 36.57 MB/sec
[EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# hdparm /dev/hdd
/dev/hdd:
multcount = 16 (on)
IO_support = 0 (default 16-bit)
unmaskirq = 0 (off)
using_dma = 1 (on)
keepsettings = 0 (off)
readonly = 0 (off)
readahead = 8 (on)
geometry = 59554/16/63, sectors = 60030432, start = 0
[EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# /sbin/hdparm -i /dev/hdd
/dev/hdd:
Model=Maxtor 5T030H3, FwRev=TAH71DP0, SerialNo=T3D0P8YC
Config={ Fixed }
RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=57
BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=2048kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16
CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=60030432
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
AdvancedPM=yes: disabled (255) WriteCache=enabled
Drive conforms to: ATA/ATAPI-6 T13 1410D revision 0: 1 2 3 4 5 6
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