From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Pgfn1-0002In-Bo for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 22 Jan 2011 15:54:11 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id F05D6E0AFB; Sat, 22 Jan 2011 15:52:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ww0-f53.google.com (mail-ww0-f53.google.com [74.125.82.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A3599E0A8F for ; Sat, 22 Jan 2011 15:52:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wwi18 with SMTP id 18so2716754wwi.10 for ; Sat, 22 Jan 2011 07:52:15 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=ZAo6IEDaj2y/J9fRwfB6/6c/P9+A1U5GXxQVGYHdM8w=; b=FMqaBx+StR6T7wJNPafDw7jl7yUHPlQwp9+gM476S2KqnBa6ROTwrQ99FY1NNuVq6c RRG89XnxQF89z3YbbaRULwoV2IwbYaMzBv5NazXOe4yizb4XiElQdYgjnLlwTNWpAywZ fVRw50G+mOy2f59i7h4CietRB8RAUveu4ZuOQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=baSaKdIZIkXFKe4T86HDOa9FUlch+E9JTIcEw61XdZsQ4jYTX5MjSGW/Dtowi29eD+ M84JghE9WhanWUxlGgce4ip6VjJqmGyzpI7a8JJ4RZ8UI8+UHNBEO/ICz4hEvKAKr47j yxxL+miY8c4MBr8kL4vb6Y6od+yXTgHax/mzE= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.0.140 with SMTP id 12mr1891268web.29.1295711534487; Sat, 22 Jan 2011 07:52:14 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.216.16.21 with HTTP; Sat, 22 Jan 2011 07:52:14 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4D3AA04C.10605@gmail.com> References: <20110121184507.GC5787@solfire> <20110121201150.GC5878@solfire> <4D39EE7D.6070603@gmail.com> <201101220006.02377.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> <4D3A0929.6080606@gmail.com> <4D3A8C30.9050201@gmail.com> <4D3AA04C.10605@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2011 07:52:14 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: AHCI/IDE-question From: Mark Knecht To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 6273839a58058d2f846617222418cf55 On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 1:15 AM, Dale wrote: >>> Other than copying a file and using time to measure how long it takes, >>> what is the best test of a hard drive's speed? >> >> By running a benchmark tool that does exactly this. =C2=A0IOzone is a ni= ce one: >> >> =C2=A0http://www.iozone.org >> >> It's in portage: "app-benchmarks/iozone". > > I installed it but trying to figure out how to use it. =C2=A0Jeez, what a= man > page. =C2=A0O_O > Yeah, it's a tough one. Also, very slow, assuming I understand it correctly. You have to use file sizes larger than the memory of the system, so on a 24GB system it takes (literally) a day or two to run. (Assuming I actually understood the man page!) ;-) - Mark