Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 4 Oct 2001 18:50:11 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 4 Oct 2001 18:50:02 -0400 Received: from quechua.inka.de ([212.227.14.2]:33854 "EHLO mail.inka.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 4 Oct 2001 18:49:49 -0400 From: Bernd Eckenfels To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [POT] Which journalised filesystem ? In-Reply-To: X-Newsgroups: ka.lists.linux.kernel User-Agent: tin/1.5.8-20010221 ("Blue Water") (UNIX) (Linux/2.4.10-xfs (i686)) Message-Id: Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2001 00:49:55 +0200 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In article you wrote: > for a current Maxtor 60G 5400 RPM UDMA100 disk, 2.4.10, ext2, > I just measured: 7 MBps with -W0, vs 27 MB/s with -W1. how much data do you have written to get those numbers? The drive cache is is most often so small it only can cache a few blocks. Greetings Bernd - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/