Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 22 Dec 2001 03:22:14 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 22 Dec 2001 03:22:07 -0500 Received: from rwcrmhc52.attbi.com ([216.148.227.88]:22257 "EHLO rwcrmhc52.attbi.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 22 Dec 2001 03:21:52 -0500 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII From: Adam Keys To: Thomas Deselaers Subject: Re: IDE Harddrive Performance Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2001 02:21:59 -0600 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.3.2] In-Reply-To: <20011219153233.GA3424@leukertje.hitnet.rwth-aachen.de> In-Reply-To: <20011219153233.GA3424@leukertje.hitnet.rwth-aachen.de> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Message-Id: <20011222082147.CCTE6450.rwcrmhc52.attbi.com@there> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On December 19, 2001 09:32, Thomas Deselaers wrote: > I do have an Asus P2B-S Mainboard and since a week I have a Maxtor 60 GB > 5400 rpm Harddrive (MAXTOR 4K060H3). I am experiencing extremely shoddy performance with a similar disk/chipset combination. I am on an Asus P2B-DS board (440BX) with the following disk setup. hda: Maxtor 93073U6, ATA DISK drive hdc: Maxtor 90840D6, ATA DISK drive hdd: Maxtor 90840D6, ATA DISK drive I am barely experiencing the same performance you are, after enabling all the stuff that's been discussed in this thread. I'd like to determine if this disk is dying or if there is something seriously wrong with my kernel. I did not seem to experience anything until I went to 2.4.16. hdd seems to be headed for the heap, as all tests on it fail. I am stumped; I've read the manual and the threads and still haven't extracted proper performance. All help is appreciated. Thanks, AKK Following is the information on the other disks and the hdparm test results: # hdparm -t /dev/hda /dev/hda: Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 86.98 seconds =753.46 kB/sec # hdparm /dev/hda ; hdparm -i /dev/hda /dev/hda: multcount = 16 (on) I/O support = 1 (32-bit) unmaskirq = 0 (off) using_dma = 1 (on) keepsettings = 0 (off) nowerr = 0 (off) readonly = 0 (off) readahead = 8 (on) geometry = 3736/255/63, sectors = 60030432, start = 0 busstate = 1 (on) /dev/hda: Model=Maxtor 93073U6, FwRev=FA500S60, SerialNo=G607E80C Config={ Fixed } RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=57 BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=2048kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16 CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=60030432 IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120} PIO modes: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4 DMA modes: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 *udma2 udma3 udma4 AdvancedPM=yes: disabled (255) WriteCache=enabled Drive Supports : ATA/ATAPI-4 T13 1153D revision 17 : ATA-1 ATA-2 ATA-3 ATA-4 ATA-5 /dev/hdc: Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 5.63 seconds = 11.37 MB/sec /dev/hdc: multcount = 16 (on) I/O support = 1 (32-bit) unmaskirq = 0 (off) using_dma = 1 (on) keepsettings = 0 (off) nowerr = 0 (off) readonly = 0 (off) readahead = 8 (on) geometry = 1021/255/63, sectors = 16406208, start = 0 busstate = 1 (on) /dev/hdc: Model=Maxtor 90840D6, FwRev=WAS82739, SerialNo=K606M2WA Config={ Fixed } RawCHS=16276/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=29 BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=256kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16 CurCHS=16276/16/63, CurSects=16406208, LBA=yes, LBAsects=16406208 IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120} PIO modes: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4 DMA modes: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 *udma2 AdvancedPM=no WriteCache=enabled Drive Supports : ATA/ATAPI-4 T13 1153D revision 17 : ATA-1 ATA-2 ATA-3 ATA-4 -- akk~ - 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/