Buying hard drives

[Saul Thurrowgood]

Recently purchased Athlon 1333, 128M DDR.

30GB Western Digital 7200RPM ATA100 (BB):

root at boom:~# hdparm -Tt /dev/hda

/dev/hda:
 Timing buffer-cache reads:   128 MB in  0.58 seconds =220.69 MB/sec
 Timing buffered disk reads:  64 MB in  1.99 seconds = 32.16 MB/sec




Simon Haddon wrote:
> The specs are  WDC WD200BB-00AUA1, ATA DISK drive
> 
> [root at calippo /root]# hdparm -Tt /dev/hdc
> 
> /dev/hdc:
>  Timing buffer-cache reads:   128 MB in  2.64 seconds = 48.48 MB/sec
>  Timing buffered disk reads:  64 MB in  6.01 seconds = 10.65 MB/sec
>


Damien Elmes wrote:
> well, on that note, i'd be interested in people posting a benchmark of
> their drives. this is my ata100/7200RPM baracuda III, after a few runs
> the numbers start to settle down:
> 
> reflex$ sudo hdparm -Tt /dev/hda
> 
> /dev/hda:
>  Timing buffer-cache reads:   128 MB in  0.78 seconds =164.10 MB/sec
>  Timing buffered disk reads:  64 MB in  1.85 seconds = 34.59 MB/sec
> 
> i've got a 5400RPM, ATA100 40 gig IBM drive in another box, and its
> scores are quite similar:
> 
> respite$ sudo hdparm -Tt /dev/hda
> 
> /dev/hda:
>  Timing buffer-cache reads:   128 MB in  0.91 seconds =140.66 MB/sec
>  Timing buffered disk reads:  64 MB in  2.29 seconds = 27.95 MB/sec
> 
> (note that it's running at ATA66).