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Subject: Re: Checking disk performance
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On Sun, 21 Mar 2004 19:29:21 +0000
"S. Anthony Sequeira" <tony@sequeira.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I would like to know how my IDE hard disk is performing under
> FreeBSD, and improve throughput if required.
> 
> Is there anything like Linux's hdparm that I can use to at least
> check disk performance.

Check under the bench marking ports...