On Mon, Jul 25, 2005 at 09:51:49PM +0200, Andreas Baer wrote: > > Willy Tarreau wrote: > >On Mon, Jul 25, 2005 at 03:10:08PM +0200, Andreas Baer wrote: > >>Here I have > >> > >> /dev/hda: 26.91 MB/sec > >> /dev/hda1: 26.90 MB/sec (Windows FAT32) > >> /dev/hda7: 17.89 MB/sec (Linux EXT3) > >> > >>Could you give me a reason how this is possible? > > > > > >a reason for what ? the fact that the notebook performs faster than the > >desktop while slower on I/O ? > > No, a reason why the partition with Linux (ReiserFS or Ext3) is always > slower > than the Windows partition?
Easy: Drives don't have the same speed on all tracks. The platters are built-up from zones with different recording densities: zones near the center of the platters have a lower recording density and hence a lower datarate (less bits/second pass under the head). Zones at the outer diameter have a higher recording density and a higher datarate. Erik -- +-- Erik Mouw -- www.harddisk-recovery.nl -- 0800 220 20 20 -- | Lab address: Delftechpark 26, 2628 XH, Delft, The Netherlands | Data lost? Stay calm and contact Harddisk-recovery.com - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/