I think the desktop reponsiveness is OK atleast for me OT: OLD IDE performance IO still has come down in new kernel (2.6.27-1-server) [it was upto 45 MB/s in 2.6.26-5-server]
2.6.27-1-server Date & Time: Sat Aug 30 07:55:04 IST 2008 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SATA 250 GB HDD /dev/sda: Timing cached reads: 8118 MB in 2.00 seconds = 4066.33 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 252 MB in 3.02 seconds = 83.35 MB/sec ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IDE 160 GB HDD /dev/sdb: Timing cached reads: 7034 MB in 2.00 seconds = 3523.05 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 96 MB in 3.03 seconds = 31.71 MB/sec ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IDE 250 GB HDD /dev/sdc: Timing cached reads: 6638 MB in 2.00 seconds = 3324.28 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 230 MB in 3.02 seconds = 76.04 MB/sec ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- USB 160 GB HDD /dev/sdd: Timing cached reads: 6438 MB in 2.00 seconds = 3223.58 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 100 MB in 3.02 seconds = 33.06 MB/sec ************************************************************* 2.6.26-5-server Date & Time: Wed Aug 27 20:42:10 IST 2008 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SATA 250 GB HDD /dev/sda: Timing cached reads: 6746 MB in 2.00 seconds = 3378.94 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 244 MB in 3.01 seconds = 80.97 MB/sec ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IDE 160 GB HDD /dev/sdb: Timing cached reads: 6494 MB in 2.00 seconds = 3252.63 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 138 MB in 3.01 seconds = 45.79 MB/sec ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IDE 250 GB HDD /dev/sdc: Timing cached reads: 6600 MB in 2.00 seconds = 3305.97 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 230 MB in 3.00 seconds = 76.57 MB/sec ****************************************************************** -- Heavy Disk I/O harms desktop responsiveness https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/131094 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
