Re: Couple of things (IDE drive size; still some Red Hat'isms)

On Tue, 11 Feb 2003, Chris Hedemark wrote:

> What *is* the biggest drive tested by folks here with U5/U10 hardware?
> I've only gone to 40G,  but with good success.  It's also a nice

here an 80gb maxtor in my u10

hda: Maxtor 92049U4, ATA DISK drive
hda: 40020624 sectors (20491 MB) w/2048KiB Cache, CHS=39703/16/63, (U)DMA
hdc: Maxtor 98196H8, ATA DISK drive
hdc: 160086528 sectors (81964 MB) w/2048KiB Cache, CHS=158816/16/63,
(U)DMA

20gb boot drive

bench :

 hdparm -Tt :

/dev/hda:
 Timing buffer-cache reads:   128 MB in  1.02 seconds =125.49 MB/sec
 Timing buffered disk reads:  64 MB in  5.80 seconds = 11.03 MB/sec

/dev/hdc:
 Timing buffer-cache reads:   128 MB in  1.01 seconds =126.73 MB/sec
 Timing buffered disk reads:  64 MB in  4.23 seconds = 15.13 MB/sec

bonnie++ :

hda :

Version  1.03       ------Sequential Output------ --Sequential Input-
--Random-
                    -Per Chr- --Block-- -Rewrite- -Per Chr- --Block--
--Seeks--
Machine        Size K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP
/sec %CP
ddx.a2000.nu     1G  2264  98 20385  47  5669  16  2464  95 10590  13
123.2   1
                    ------Sequential Create------ --------Random
Create--------
                    -Create-- --Read--- -Delete-- -Create-- --Read---
-Delete--
              files  /sec %CP  /sec %CP  /sec %CP  /sec %CP  /sec %CP
/sec %CP
                 16   245  95 +++++ +++ 10771  95   246  98 +++++ +++
992  86
ddx.a2000.nu,1G,2264,98,20385,47,5669,16,2464,95,10590,13,123.2,1,16,245,95,+++++,+++,10771,95,246,98,+++++,+++,992,86

hdc :

Version  1.03       ------Sequential Output------ --Sequential Input-
--Random-
                    -Per Chr- --Block-- -Rewrite- -Per Chr- --Block--
--Seeks--
Machine        Size K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP
/sec %CP
ddx.a2000.nu     1G  2204  96 19941  47  6562  19  2444  95 14808  18
91.7   1
                    ------Sequential Create------ --------Random
Create--------
                    -Create-- --Read--- -Delete-- -Create-- --Read---
-Delete--
              files  /sec %CP  /sec %CP  /sec %CP  /sec %CP  /sec %CP
/sec %CP
                 16   248  97 +++++ +++  9916  93   253  98 +++++ +++
1167  97
ddx.a2000.nu,1G,2204,96,19941,47,6562,19,2444,95,14808,18,91.7,1,16,248,97,+++++,+++,9916,93,253,98,+++++,+++,1167,97