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On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 1:15 AM, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>>> Other than copying a file and using time to measure how long it takes, |
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>>> what is the best test of a hard drive's speed? |
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>> By running a benchmark tool that does exactly this. IOzone is a nice one: |
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>> http://www.iozone.org |
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>> It's in portage: "app-benchmarks/iozone". |
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> I installed it but trying to figure out how to use it. Jeez, what a man |
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> page. O_O |
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Yeah, it's a tough one. Also, very slow, assuming I understand it |
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correctly. You have to use file sizes larger than the memory of the |
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system, so on a 24GB system it takes (literally) a day or two to run. |
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(Assuming I actually understood the man page!) ;-) |
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- Mark |
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