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On 5/2/2005 4:56 PM, Jonathan Noack <wrote:

> Look at the difference in sys times for raw vs. filesystem reads.  With 
> raw we're at 2.73s while reading from the filesystem requires 12.33s! 
>  From my position of complete ignorance that seems like a lot...

Indeed thats why I hit on using time as well as just the dd stats.

    Steve


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