Re: Help with hdparm

[Leo Spalteholz <leo@thewoodpecker.ca>]

 chainy wrote:

> > Mine went from
> >
> >  /dev/hdb:
> >   Timing buffer-cache reads:   128 MB in  1.93 seconds = 66.32 MB/sec
> >   Timing buffered disk reads:  64 MB in 24.01 seconds =  2.67 MB/sec
> >
> > to
> >
> >  /dev/hdb:
> >   Timing buffer-cache reads:   128 MB in  1.92 seconds = 66.67 MB/sec
> >   Timing buffered disk reads:  64 MB in  3.46 seconds = 18.50 MB/sec
What hard drive do you have?  
Is there a website with a database of results like this anywhere?  It'd 
be nice to compare my results with others'.  I've been messing with 
hdparm and seem to be getting good results but then again I have no idea 
what good is for my drive.

Drive: IBM 60GXP 40Gig
/dev/hda:
Timing buffer-cache reads:   128 MB in  0.62 seconds =206.45 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads:  64 MB in  1.70 seconds = 37.65 MB/sec

Cheers,
Leo