Subject: Re: disk transfer speed problem
To: wolfy@pcnet.ro (lonely wolf)
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 23:46:42 +0000 (GMT)
Cc: hahn@physics.mcmaster.ca (Mark Hahn), linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
In-Reply-To: <3C7D632C.46CE687@pcnet.ro> from "lonely wolf" at Feb 28, 2002 12:52:28 AM
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From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
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> > >  Timing buffered disk reads:  64 MB in  3.24 seconds = 19.75 MB/sec
> >
> > well, 109 MB/s is pretty low for buffer-cache reads; this reflects
> > the relative crippled-ness of your cpu/dram/chipset.
> 
> well... i would't name a Celeron 900 MHz crippled. PC133 is the best the
> board gets... and now the speed is lower then the previous server which was
> an Athlon 600 pluggede in an Asus VIA KX133 based mobo.

I get 25MB/sec off my i815 board. It is pretty starved - I seem stuck at
about 25MB/sec total even doing hdparm across both controllers.

Using an external video card might make a small difference
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