Mark Tribble wrote: > Just for the fun of it, I'd like to run some benchmarks to compare the > performance of the Western Digital UDMA/33 drive and the IBM Fast-SCSI2 > drive in a C500. Even on a 5 MB/sec SCSI bus, the IBM drive has some > advantages over the Western Digital (seek time, latency, cache size, etc.) > and I wonder how much difference theoretical transfer rates make in the real > world. Can you recommend some benchmarking software?
For the SCSI drive try this link and select the ExpressPro-Tools: http://www.attotech.com/software/app1.php3?Name=+&EMail=+@+&Subscribe= Atto's pro tools will allow you to initialize your drive as well as providing a good SCSI benchmark with and without the MacOS ram cache. I don't know if it will benchmark an IDE drive as I don't do IDE. FWB's HDT has a good benchmarking utility, but I don't think you can download a freebie anywhere. hth, tom -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
