chainy <chainy@infonegocio.com> [2002-08-27 04:26:55 +0200]:
> After spending a lot of time configuring hdparm (it begins to feel
like some
> kind of addiction to get better results) I found that my results are
quite
> modest, and feels like it should go faster.
>
> I have a 1st Mainboard SD11 with an AMD Athlon 500 Mhz. The HD:
Seagate 600
> GB 7200 rpm.
I have an FIC SD11 as well but with an Athlon 950 MHz. I am running a
2.4.18 kernel. DMA is enabled by default in the kernel for me.
(Which I remember as needing to turn on with previous kernels.) I
have a Maxtor ATA/100 capable 60GB 7200 rpm currently installed and
these are my results.
hdparm -Tt /dev/hda
Timing buffer-cache reads: 128 MB in 0.84 seconds =152.38 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 1.96 seconds = 32.65 MB/sec
hdparm /dev/hda
/dev/hda:
multcount = 16 (on)
I/O support = 1 (32-bit)
unmaskirq = 1 (on)
using_dma = 1 (on)
keepsettings = 0 (off)
nowerr = 0 (off)
readonly = 0 (off)
readahead = 8 (on)
geometry = 7299/255/63, sectors = 117266688, start = 0
busstate = 1 (on)
> The mainboard people swears it's capable of ata/66 but i am only
getting
> ata/33 to work.
FIC does claim that works ATA/66 works. But I have never gotten that
speed out of my motherboard drive combination. Otherwise it has been
a reliable performer for me.
Bob