On Tue, 6 Mar 2001, dean gaudet wrote: > i assume you meant to time the xlog.c program? (or did i miss another > program on the thread?) > > i've an IBM-DJSA-210 (travelstar 10GB, 5411rpm) which appears to do > *something* with the write cache flag -- it gets 0.10s elapsed real time > in default config; and gets 2.91s if i do "hdparm -W 0". > > ditto for an IBM-DTLA-307015 (deskstar 15GB 7200rpm) -- varies from .15s > with write-cache to 1.8s without. > > and an IBM-DTLA-307075 (deskstar 75GB 7200rpm) varies from .03s to 1.67s. > > of course 1.8s is nowhere near enough time for 200 writes to complete. hi, not enough sleep, can't do math. 1.67s is exactly the ballpark you'd expect for 200 writes to a correctly functioning 7200rpm disk. and the travelstar appears to be doing the right thing as well. -dean - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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