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Date:      Fri, 28 Oct 2005 20:59:38 -0600
From:      Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org>
To:        =?ISO-8859-1?Q?S=F8ren_Schmidt?= <sos@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Peter Jeremy <PeterJeremy@optushome.com.au>, Mikhail Teterin <mi+mx@aldan.algebra.com>, hackers@freebsd.org, hardware@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Very slow writing to SATA disk
Message-ID:  <4362E59A.7040909@samsco.org>
In-Reply-To: <2835B7B9-03AA-4EB2-996B-8CEC485071C6@FreeBSD.ORG>
References:  <200510280518.j9S5I3oQ025430@blue.virtual-estates.net>	<20051028204803.GW39882@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au>	<BC9D6C18-A7EC-4193-9021-7236CE12501F@FreeBSD.ORG>	<200510281745.43138.mi%2Bmx@aldan.algebra.com> <2835B7B9-03AA-4EB2-996B-8CEC485071C6@FreeBSD.ORG>

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Søren Schmidt wrote:

> 
> On 28/10/2005, at 23:45, Mikhail Teterin wrote:
> 
>>> Indeed, 55C is way to high for 24/7 usage, and it might be that the
>>> drive is choking on it and barely is able to compensate.
>>
>>
>> The reads are pretty quick... I'd like to be able to spin it down, but
>> ataidle is broken :-(
> 
> 
> Ask the maintainer to get it fixed, but be warned experience says it  
> might hose your data...
> 
>>> What does SMART say ? any unusual like high correction rates or
>>> anything ?
>>
>>
> 
> (SMART data deleted)
> 
> Well except the excessive temperature nothing out of the ordinary...
> 
> Now, you say read speed is OK, but write speed isnt, is that on the  raw 
> disk device or though the filesystem ?
> 
> Søren Schmidt
> sos@FreeBSD.org
> 

For what it's worth, I'm seeing slow write speeds on some tests with
other (non-ata) controllers.  Haven't had time to isolate it just yet.

Scott



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