From owner-freebsd-stable Sat Apr 18 17:03:07 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA02363 for freebsd-stable-outgoing; Sat, 18 Apr 1998 17:03:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from antipodes.cdrom.com (castles324.castles.com [208.214.167.24]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA02341; Sun, 19 Apr 1998 00:02:59 GMT (envelope-from mike@antipodes.cdrom.com) Received: from antipodes.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by antipodes.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id QAA05960; Sat, 18 Apr 1998 16:59:43 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199804182359.QAA05960@antipodes.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Luigi Rizzo cc: mark@vmunix.com (Mark Mayo), mike@smith.net.au, stable@FreeBSD.ORG, hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: best wdc0 flags ? In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 18 Apr 1998 21:25:57 +0200." <199804181925.VAA10880@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 18 Apr 1998 16:59:42 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk > > > We've been duplicating 3GB Western Digital disks the last few days under > > > 2.2.6, flags 0x80ff80ff on 166MHz P5/430TX boards, and averaging about > > > 5M/sec throughput. Try 'dd if=/dev/wd1 of=/dev/null bs=1m' to get an > > > idea of your raw disk speed as opposed to filesystem throughput. > > my experience with WD (caviar) is also good , speaking of speed. Cannot > say the same about reliability, since last year we had about 10-15 > units die within a few months (all replaced under warranty, and havent' > crashed again since then). Likewise here. They're also less than wonderful when it comes to withstanding physical abuse. > Also in my experience, maxtors are aslow (about 3MB/s) and I am > interested in this thread on the QUANTUM FIREBALL since i am (was, > given the poor results ?) thinking of buying one... I haven't seen too much to recommend the IDE Furballs when it comes to performance. I would personally recommend you look at the IBM Deskstar units if you want both performance and reliability. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message