Date: Mon, 9 May 2005 15:01:27 -0400 (EDT) From: John Von Essen <john@essenz.com> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Low HDD tranfer rate with FreeBSD 5.3-Release Message-ID: <20050509145920.T20018@beck.quonix.net> In-Reply-To: <427FAFE4.1020508@centtech.com> References: <427FA802.90805@chamkila.org> <20050509141507.J19546@beck.quonix.net> <20050509143247.E20018@beck.quonix.net> <427FAFE4.1020508@centtech.com>
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I think in summary, though, the end result is that the 15 Megabytes/sec that Amandeep was getting is normal. -john On Mon, 9 May 2005, Eric Anderson wrote: > John Von Essen wrote: > > Actually, using a variety of Maxtor drives, I don't think I have ever > > gotten anything better then 11.5 Megabytes/sec - and this was on boards > > with ATA-100. > > > > About a year ago I had several Tyan S2099's with a 40Gb Seagate, and was > > doing drive duplications with dd and a FreeBSD boot CD. Again, 11 > > Megabytes/sec max. > > Keep in mind that ATA-100 specifies the *bus* speed, not the > platter-to-bus speed. > > Eric > > > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Eric Anderson Sr. Systems Administrator Centaur Technology > A lost ounce of gold may be found, a lost moment of time never. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >
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