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Mark Knecht wrote: |
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> On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 1:15 AM, Dale<rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> <SNIP> |
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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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I found this command and it worked pretty well. It does take a good |
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while to run tho. It wasn't to bad on my new rig but the old rig did |
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take a little while. |
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iozone -R -l 5 -u 5 -r 4k -s 100m -F /home/f1 /home/f2 /home/f3 /home/f4 |
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/home/f5 | tee -a /tmp/iozone_results.txt & |
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The results were much different than what hdparm shows. It shows the |
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3Gbs/sec like they advertise they can do. I wonder which is more |
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accurate? :/ |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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