He means to imply that you are mentally challenged.
He is also one of the resident trolls, ignore him.
I use hadparm's -t option for a quick check. Available
on Linux; without installation e.g. by booting knoppix
(-> Google) and switching to text console (Ctrl-Alt-F1/F2/F3/F4).
Example:
root ~>hdparm -t /dev/hda
/dev/hda:
Timing buffered disk reads: 120 MB in 3.02 seconds = 39.74 MB/sec
root ~>hdparm -t /dev/hdb
/dev/hdb:
Timing buffered disk reads: 136 MB in 3.00 seconds = 45.33 MB/sec
root ~>hdparm -t /dev/hde
/dev/hde:
Timing buffered disk reads: 162 MB in 3.01 seconds = 53.82 MB/sec
root ~>hdparm -t /dev/hdg
/dev/hdg:
Timing buffered disk reads: 148 MB in 3.02 seconds = 49.01 MB/sec
root ~>
That is with
hda: ST380021A
hdb: Maxtor 6Y080L0
hde: ST3120026A
hdg: Maxtor 6Y200P
But this is really only a rough throughput test, not a benchmark.
And it reads at the beginning of the disk, the fastest zone.
End of disk can be down to 30% of that speed, depending on the
model. Today it is more like to drop down to 50%,
beginning from the middle of the disk.
Regards,
Arno
