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From: Iain Buchanan <iaindb@netspace.net.au>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] usb1 performance out of usb2 external HD
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 23:38:07 +0930	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1137420487.14296.5.camel@orpheus> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7573e9640601160540q35c78777ja920a85578209f53@mail.gmail.com>

On Mon, 2006-01-16 at 06:40 -0700, Richard Fish wrote:
> On 1/15/06, Iain Buchanan <iaindb@netspace.net.au> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > $ sudo hdparm -tT /dev/sdd
> >
> > /dev/sdd:
> >  Timing cached reads:   3640 MB in  2.00 seconds = 1820.28 MB/sec
> >  Timing buffered disk reads:   30 MB in  3.13 seconds =   9.60 MB/sec
> >
> > 9.6 is pretty slow! I should be able to get at least double that...

actually, I should be able to get 4x that...

> Please post the dmesg output from plugging in the drive.

Note, there are 4 LUNS on this device, the first 3 are card readers ,so
they show with no media (no drive or partitions), the fourth (sdd) is
the ide drive.
relevant dmesg:

usb 5-4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 6
scsi2 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
usb-storage: device found at 6
usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
  Vendor:           Model: VP6230            Rev: 1.07
  Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 00
sd 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sda
sd 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
  Vendor:           Model: VP6230            Rev: 1.07
  Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 00
sd 2:0:0:1: Attached scsi removable disk sdb
sd 2:0:0:1: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0
  Vendor:           Model: VP6230            Rev: 1.07
  Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 00
sd 2:0:0:2: Attached scsi removable disk sdc
sd 2:0:0:2: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
  Vendor:           Model: VP6230            Rev: 1.07
  Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 00
SCSI device sdd: 195371568 512-byte hdwr sectors (100030 MB)
sdd: assuming drive cache: write through
SCSI device sdd: 195371568 512-byte hdwr sectors (100030 MB)
sdd: assuming drive cache: write through
 sdd: sdd1 sdd2 sdd3 sdd4 < sdd5 sdd6 sdd7 sdd8 sdd9 sdd10 sdd11 >
sd 2:0:0:3: Attached scsi disk sdd
sd 2:0:0:3: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0
usb-storage: device scan complete
kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3 FS on sdd1, internal journal
EXT3-fs: recovery complete.
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
NTFS volume version 3.1.
kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3 FS on sdd3, internal journal
EXT3-fs: recovery complete.
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
NTFS volume version 3.1.
kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3 FS on sdd7, internal journal
EXT3-fs: recovery complete.
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3 FS on sdd8, internal journal
EXT3-fs: recovery complete.
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3 FS on sdd9, internal journal
EXT3-fs: recovery complete.
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3 FS on sdd10, internal journal
EXT3-fs: recovery complete.
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3 FS on sdd11, internal journal
EXT3-fs: recovery complete.
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.

>   Also the
> output of "zgrep USB /proc/config.gz | grep -v "^#" (or use grep &
> /usr/src/linux/.config if you don't have /proc/config.gz).

$ zgrep USB /proc/config.gz | grep -v "^#"
CONFIG_USB_IRDA=m
CONFIG_BT_HCIUSB=m
CONFIG_BT_HCIUSB_SCO=y
CONFIG_BT_HCIBFUSB=m
CONFIG_USB_ARCH_HAS_HCD=y
CONFIG_USB_ARCH_HAS_OHCI=y
CONFIG_USB=m
CONFIG_USB_DEVICEFS=y
CONFIG_USB_EHCI_HCD=m
CONFIG_USB_UHCI_HCD=m
CONFIG_USB_PRINTER=m
CONFIG_USB_STORAGE=m
CONFIG_USB_HID=m
CONFIG_USB_HIDINPUT=y
CONFIG_USB_HIDDEV=y
CONFIG_USB_PEGASUS=m
CONFIG_USB_SERIAL=m
CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_GENERIC=y
CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_PL2303=m
CONFIG_USB_SISUSBVGA=m

thanks for the help,
Iain.
-- 
Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au>

(Never thought I'd be telling Malcolm and Ilya the same thing... :-)
             -- Larry Wall in <199711071819.KAA29909@wall.org>

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  reply	other threads:[~2006-01-16 14:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-01-16  6:38 [gentoo-user] usb1 performance out of usb2 external HD Iain Buchanan
2006-01-16  7:17 ` Willie Wong
2006-01-16  7:29   ` Iain Buchanan
2006-01-16 13:40 ` Richard Fish
2006-01-16 14:08   ` Iain Buchanan [this message]
2006-01-16 14:21     ` Richard Fish
2006-01-16 16:39       ` [gentoo-user] How can I unsubscribe? "Markus Döbele"
2006-01-16 17:13         ` Holly Bostick
2006-01-16 17:34           ` Christoph Daldrup
2006-01-16 18:32             ` [gentoo-user] " Charles Marcus
2006-01-16 20:34             ` [gentoo-user] " Andrea Barisani
2006-01-17 22:40               ` Nick Rout
2006-01-16 23:16       ` [gentoo-user] usb1 performance out of usb2 external HD Iain Buchanan
2006-01-16 17:46 ` Trenton Adams
2006-01-16 23:22   ` Iain Buchanan
2006-01-17  0:43     ` Trenton Adams
2006-01-17  0:47     ` Trenton Adams
2006-01-17  2:14       ` b.n.
2006-01-17  3:06         ` Trenton Adams
2006-01-17  8:48           ` Neil Bothwick
2006-01-17 23:52             ` b.n.

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