-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Monday, 2010-11-15 at 19:31 -0800, Greg Freemyer wrote:
Timing buffered disk reads: 370 MB in 3.01 seconds = 123.02 MB/sec
Yes, the maximum I get is 126, I suppose better hardware can get more speed.
Not for SATA:
According to Tom's Hardware the fastest SATA disk is 127 MB/SEC.
Ah, then I'm happy, I'm getting the best possible :-)
http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/3.5-hard-drive-charts/Maximum-Write-Trans...
But that is measured at the fastest part of the disk (the outer cylinders).
I made some measurements, and mine is faster at 1/3.
As you move towards the center, you see a significant drop off because the rpms is fixed, but the data per rotation drops off significantly near the spindle.
Ah, that's why.
==> SAS
Tom's says they are indeed faster:
Well, that's what I meant by better hardware :-) - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. (from 11.2 x86_64 "Emerald" at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.12 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkziadcACgkQtTMYHG2NR9XwqACeL9g7wq/7VXmsO80c3SvIu/eL F6EAn0SjTz0dOO2+xwTHrC7ZDsI7Dlbi =sG4s -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----