Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 27 May 2001 18:32:07 +0200 | From | Jakob Østergaard <> | Subject | Re: IDE Performance lack ! |
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On Sat, May 26, 2001 at 05:16:42PM -0700, Jaswinder Singh wrote: > > > > RedHat 7.1 - IDE IBM 41.1 GIG > > Update to 2.4.5 -> noticed, that hdparm -t /dev/hda went down from 10 > > MByte/sec to 1.9 MByte/sec > > Any special Options, beside ide-scsi driver activated .. > > > > Anybody noticed the same problem ? Any clues ? > > > > yes , i am also not happy with IDE performance of Linux . That why i dont > use Hard disk in my Target machines ;) > > When ever i copy big data (around 400 to 700 MB ) from one partion to > another my machine do not response at all (i can not work on another shell) > during data transfer.
The answer for both of you is:
hdparm -d1 /dev/hd{whatever}
Without DMA enabled, performance is going to suck. 1.9 MB/sec is actually pretty good without DMA ;)
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