Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 28 Oct 2001 16:53:58 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 28 Oct 2001 16:53:49 -0500 Received: from ns1.uklinux.net ([212.1.130.11]:4869 "EHLO s1.uklinux.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 28 Oct 2001 16:53:33 -0500 Envelope-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <20011028191328.CCC828A6EA@pobox.com> In-Reply-To: <20011028191328.CCC828A6EA@pobox.com> Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2001 21:42:17 +0000 To: barryn@pobox.com, zlatko.calusic@iskon.hr From: Jonathan Morton Subject: Re: xmm2 - monitor Linux MM active/inactive lists graphically Cc: torvalds@transmeta.com (Linus Torvalds), axboe@suse.de (Jens Axboe), marcelo@conectiva.com.br (Marcelo Tosatti), linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org (lkml) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > > Unfortunately, things didn't change on my first disk (IBM 7200rpm >> @home). I'm still getting low numbers, check the vmstat output at the >> end of the email. >> >> But, now I found something interesting, other two disk which are on >> the standard IDE controller work correctly (writing is at 17-22 >> MB/sec). The disk which doesn't work well is on the HPT366 interface, >> so that may be our culprit. Now I got the idea to check patches > > retrogradely to see where it started behaving poorely. >This really reminds me of a problem I once had with a hard drive of >mine. It would usually go at 15-20MB/sec, but sometimes (under both >Linux and Windows) would slow down to maybe 350KB/sec. The slowdown, or >lack thereof, did seem to depend on the alignment of the stars. I lived >with it for a number of months, then started getting intermittent I/O >errors as well, as if the drive had bad sectors on disk. > >The problem turned out to be insufficient ventilation for the controller >board on the bottom of the drive As an extra datapoint, my IBM Deskstar 60GXP's (40Gb version) runs slightly slower with writing than with reading. This is on a VIA 686a controller, UDMA/66 active. The drive also has plenty of air around it, being in a 5.25" bracket with fans in front. Writing 1GB from /dev/zero takes 34.27s = 29.88MB/sec, 19% CPU Reading 1GB from test file takes 29.64s = 34.58MB/sec, 18% CPU Hmm, that's almost as fast as the 10000rpm Ultrastar sited just above it, but with higher CPU usage. Ultrastar gets 36MB/sec on reading with hdparm, haven't tested write performance due to probable fragmentation. Both tests conducted using 'dd bs=1k' on my 1GHz Athlon with 256Mb RAM. Test file is on a freshly-created ext2 filesystem starting at 10Gb into the 40Gb drive (knowing IBM's recent trend, this'll still be fairly close to the outer rim). Write test includes a sync at the end. Kernel is Linus 2.4.9, no relevant patches. -- -------------------------------------------------------------- from: Jonathan "Chromatix" Morton mail: chromi@cyberspace.org (not for attachments) website: http://www.chromatix.uklinux.net/vnc/ geekcode: GCS$/E dpu(!) s:- a20 C+++ UL++ P L+++ E W+ N- o? K? w--- O-- M++$ V? PS PE- Y+ PGP++ t- 5- X- R !tv b++ DI+++ D G e+ h+ r++ y+(*) tagline: The key to knowledge is not to rely on people to teach you it. - 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/