here is my set:


/dev/hda:
Timing buffer-cache reads:   592 MB in  2.00 seconds = 296.00 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads:   80 MB in  3.02 seconds =  26.49 MB/sec

/dev/hda:
multcount    = 16 (on)
IO_support   =  3 (32-bit w/sync)
unmaskirq    =  0 (off)
using_dma    =  1 (on)
keepsettings =  0 (off)
readonly     =  0 (off)
readahead    = 16 (on)
geometry     = 9729/255/63, sectors = 156301488, start = 0

/dev/hda:

Model=IC25N080ATMR04-0, FwRev=MO4OAD0A, SerialNo=MRG401K4C0MEKC
Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs }
RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=4
BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=7884kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16
CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=156301488
IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:240,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
PIO modes:  pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
DMA modes:  mdma0 mdma1 mdma2
UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 *udma5
AdvancedPM=yes: mode=0x80 (128) WriteCache=enabled
Drive conforms to: ATA/ATAPI-6 T13 1410D revision 3a:

* signifies the current active mode

Command i use to set this:

hdparm -d1 -a16 -c3 -A1 -m16 /dev/hda


On Thu, 2003-10-30 at 06:17, Craig Main wrote:
Hi all,

I have been looking at the speeds of the disks in some of the threads
lately. I noticed that mine is a lot slower than most. I have attached
some info. Is my disk running as optimally as it can or is there some
more tweaking I can do to improve performance?

laptop root # hdparm -tT /dev/hda
 
/dev/hda:
 Timing buffer-cache reads:   644 MB in  2.00 seconds = 322.00 MB/sec
 Timing buffered disk reads:   22 MB in  3.25 seconds =   6.77 MB/sec

laptop root # hdparm /dev/hda
 
/dev/hda:
 multcount    = 16 (on)
 IO_support   =  1 (32-bit)
 unmaskirq    =  0 (off)
 using_dma    =  0 (off)
 keepsettings =  0 (off)
 readonly     =  0 (off)
 readahead    =  8 (on)
 geometry     = 2432/255/63, sectors = 39070080, start = 0

laptop root # hdparm -i /dev/hda
 
/dev/hda:
 
 Model=HITACHI_DK23CA-20, FwRev=00H1A0J1, SerialNo=12N68B
 Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs }
 RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=36477, SectSize=579, ECCbytes=4
 BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=2048kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16
 CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=39070080
 IORDY=yes, tPIO={min:400,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
 PIO modes:  pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
 DMA modes:  sdma0 sdma1 sdma2 mdma0 mdma1 mdma2
 UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 *udma2 udma3 udma4 udma5
 AdvancedPM=yes: mode=0x80 (128) WriteCache=enabled
 Drive conforms to: ATA/ATAPI-5 T13 1321D revision 3:
 
 * signifies the current active mode

What other hdparm flags can I _safely_ use, I don't want to trash my
disk.

Thanks and Regards
Craig

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