On Tue, Jan 08, 2002 at 02:00:27PM -0800, Brian Nelson wrote: > It's all about scsi baby... > > /dev/sdb: > Timing buffer-cache reads: 128 MB in 0.78 seconds =164.10 MB/sec > Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 1.62 seconds = 39.51 MB/sec My Western Digital 80G 7200RPM is pretty good too. /dev/hdb: Timing buffer-cache reads: 128 MB in 0.80 seconds =160.00 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 1.58 seconds = 40.51 MB/sec