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From: Bernd Eckenfels <ecki@lina.inka.de>
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Subject: Re: [POT] Which journalised filesystem ?
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In article <Pine.LNX.4.10.10110031648250.20425-100000@coffee.psychology.mcmaster.ca> 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
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