On Thursday 13 February 2003 08:57 pm, Ryan Moe wrote: > Hmm, it appears my drive is using 16-bit IO mode. Is this a large > factor in HD performance? ahhh yes 16 is half of 32 so it is about 1/2 speed
> /dev/hde: > IO_support = 0 (default 16-bit) > Timing buffer-cache reads: 128 MB in 0.61 seconds =209.84 MB/sec > Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 1.37 seconds = 46.72 MB/sec > > Thanks, > Ryan > > On Thu, 2003-02-13 at 19:58, Charles A Edwards wrote: > > On Thu, 13 Feb 2003 19:08:10 -0600 > > > > Ryan Moe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I guess it could be that my hd perhaps isn't configured correctly and > > > the real bottleneck isn't my CDR eating up CPU but my HD eating up CPU > > > to send data to the CDR. > > > > Can you post the output of > > # hdparm -ctT /dev/hde > > > > > > Charles > > > > -- > > Love your neighbour, yet don't pull down your hedge. > > -- Benjamin Franklin > > ------------------------- > > Mandrake Linux 9.1 > > Kernel- 2.4.21pre4-6mdk > > -------------------------
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