Date: Sat, 18 Apr 1998 16:59:42 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Luigi Rizzo <luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> Cc: mark@vmunix.com (Mark Mayo), mike@smith.net.au, stable@FreeBSD.ORG, hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: best wdc0 flags ? Message-ID: <199804182359.QAA05960@antipodes.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 18 Apr 1998 21:25:57 %2B0200." <199804181925.VAA10880@labinfo.iet.unipi.it>
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> > > We've been duplicating 3GB Western Digital disks the last few days under > > > 2.2.6, flags 0x80ff80ff on 166MHz P5/430TX boards, and averaging about > > > 5M/sec throughput. Try 'dd if=/dev/wd1 of=/dev/null bs=1m' to get an > > > idea of your raw disk speed as opposed to filesystem throughput. > > my experience with WD (caviar) is also good , speaking of speed. Cannot > say the same about reliability, since last year we had about 10-15 > units die within a few months (all replaced under warranty, and havent' > crashed again since then). Likewise here. They're also less than wonderful when it comes to withstanding physical abuse. > Also in my experience, maxtors are aslow (about 3MB/s) and I am > interested in this thread on the QUANTUM FIREBALL since i am (was, > given the poor results ?) thinking of buying one... I haven't seen too much to recommend the IDE Furballs when it comes to performance. I would personally recommend you look at the IBM Deskstar units if you want both performance and reliability. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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