From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 10 13:11:09 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6895416A4CE for ; Fri, 10 Sep 2004 13:11:09 +0000 (GMT) Received: from av13-2-sn4.m-sp.skanova.net (av13-2-sn4.m-sp.skanova.net [81.228.10.103]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 309C043D60 for ; Fri, 10 Sep 2004 13:11:08 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ertr1013@student.uu.se) Received: by av13-2-sn4.m-sp.skanova.net (Postfix, from userid 502) id 0AA6437E43; Fri, 10 Sep 2004 15:11:07 +0200 (CEST) Received: from smtp4-1-sn4.m-sp.skanova.net (smtp4-1-sn4.m-sp.skanova.net [81.228.10.181]) by av13-2-sn4.m-sp.skanova.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id EFFF537E42 for ; Fri, 10 Sep 2004 15:11:06 +0200 (CEST) Received: from falcon.midgard.homeip.net (h201n1fls24o1048.bredband.comhem.se [212.181.162.201]) by smtp4-1-sn4.m-sp.skanova.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 7D4DC37E45 for ; Fri, 10 Sep 2004 15:11:06 +0200 (CEST) Received: (qmail 13238 invoked by uid 1001); 10 Sep 2004 13:11:06 -0000 Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 15:11:06 +0200 From: Erik Trulsson To: Angelo Turetta Message-ID: <20040910131105.GA13219@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> Mail-Followup-To: Angelo Turetta , =?iso-8859-1?Q?S=F8ren?= Schmidt , Kevin Oberman , freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG, Bjoern Koenig , sos@FreeBSD.ORG References: <20040909202807.1F5295D09@ptavv.es.net> <007501c49719$df5bd2d0$1e21a8c0@lan> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <007501c49719$df5bd2d0$1e21a8c0@lan> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i cc: sos@FreeBSD.ORG cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG cc: Bjoern Koenig cc: =?iso-8859-1?Q?S=F8ren?= Schmidt Subject: Re: poor ATA disk speed with ICH2 X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 13:11:09 -0000 On Fri, Sep 10, 2004 at 11:38:03AM +0200, Angelo Turetta wrote: > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Kevin Oberman" > >Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 10:28 PM > > > > While the test is running, the disk being written to "sings" with the > > frequency somewhat dependent on the size of the write. On read, I get > > silence. When I copy my full disk (if=ad0 of=ad2), I can clearly hear > > the sound of the actuator moving the heads constantly toward the end of > > the backup. I assume that they are being returned to track 0 on a > > repeated basis. > > This sounds a lot like thermal recalibration seeks, to me. Except it's > something modern hardware is supposed to need very rarely, if not at all... Very rarely *if* there is sufficient cooling - if the disk becomes too warm it is needed. One harddisk I have was not only quite loud, but also slower than it ought to have been. After I installed an extra fan in the case blowing air directly at the disk, it not only became much quieter, but also noticeable faster. (The airflow around the disk was fairly bad before that.) I assume that the extra noise and slowness was simply thermal recalibration trying to compensate for the disk being somewhat overheated. > Might be the effect of some power-saving setting intruduced in 5.x ? > (or maybe the new ATA code is actually so fast it's overheating your disks > :-) :-) > > Angelo Turetta -- Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se