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<< August 21, 2003 >>
thought control

hdparm tells a tale:

sausalito# hdparm -t /dev/hda /dev/hda: Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 19.26 seconds = 3.32 MB/sec

serendipity# hdparm -t /dev/hda /dev/hda: Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 3.77 seconds = 16.98 MB/sec

milano# hdparm -t /dev/hda /dev/hda: Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 1.67 seconds = 38.32 MB/sec

mini-milano# hdparm -t /dev/hda /dev/hda: Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 1.18 seconds = 54.24 MB/sec

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