Re: IDE Performance lack !

Marc Schiffbauer (marc.schiffbauer@links2linux.de)
Sun, 27 May 2001 03:30:09 +0200

* Guido Stepken schrieb am 26.05.01 um 22:19 Uhr:
> Hi !
>
> 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 ?
>
> tnx in advance ...

Hi Guido,

This is a 20.1 GB Seagate Barracuda (with hdparm -d1)

homer:~ # hdparm -t /dev/hda

/dev/hda:
Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 2.74 seconds = 23.36 MB/sec
homer:~ #

Did you turn on dma-mode?

-Marc

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