slow hard disk

Christophe Le Guern christophe at le-guern.net
Sun Nov 16 00:25:41 UTC 2003


On Sun, 16 Nov 2003 00:39:27 +0100
"shrek-m at gmx.de" <shrek-m at gmx.de> wrote:

> Christophe Le Guern wrote:
> 
> >I have a fresh install of fedora cora 1.
> >
> here too,
> no settings in /etc/sysconfig/harddisks
> # grep ^[a-zA-Z] /etc/sysconfig/harddisks
> EXTRA_PARAMS=
> # vi /usr/share/doc/initscripts-7.42/sysconfig.txt
> 
for the moment, I don't have modify  /etc/sysconfig/harddisks 
since I don't have the good options

> >Unfortunally, the system is very slow.
> >I have play with hdparm options ( google search for my HD) without success
> >
> >if someone have the solution, I'm very interested.
> >  
> >
> 
> no, sorry  :-(
thanks for reply !

> 
> ># /sbin/hdparm -i /dev/hdb
> >
> >/dev/hdb:
> >
> > Model=Maxtor 54098U8, FwRev=DA6207V0, SerialNo=K80CP4FC
> > Config={ Fixed }
> > RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=57
> > BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=2048kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16
> > CurCHS=4047/16/255, CurSects=16511760, LBA=yes, LBAsects=80041248
> > IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
> > PIO modes:  pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
> > DMA modes:  mdma0 mdma1 mdma2
> > UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 *udma4
> > AdvancedPM=yes: disabled (255) WriteCache=enabled
> > Drive conforms to: ATA/ATAPI-4 T13 1153D revision 17:
> >
> 
> # hdparm -i /dev/hda
> 
> /dev/hda:
> 
>  Model=IBM-DTLA-305040, FwRev=TW4OA68A, SerialNo=YJEYJ1T0230
>  Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs }
>  RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=40
>  BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=380kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16
>  CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=80418240
>  IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:240,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
>  PIO modes:  pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
>  DMA modes:  mdma0 mdma1 mdma2
>  UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 *udma5
>  AdvancedPM=yes: disabled (255) WriteCache=enabled
>  Drive conforms to: ATA/ATAPI-5 T13 1321D revision 1:
> 
> # hdparm  -i /dev/hdb
> 
> /dev/hdb:
> 
>  Model=IC35L090AVV207-0, FwRev=V23OA63A, SerialNo=VNVC06G3C140WL
>  Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs }
>  RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=52
>  BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=1821kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16
>  CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=160836480
>  IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:240,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
>  PIO modes:  pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
>  DMA modes:  mdma0 mdma1 mdma2
>  UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 *udma5
>  AdvancedPM=yes: disabled (255) WriteCache=enabled
>  Drive conforms to: ATA/ATAPI-6 T13 1410D revision 3a:
> 
> ># /sbin/hdparm /dev/hdb
> >
> >/dev/hdb:
> > multcount    = 16 (on)
> > IO_support   =  3 (32-bit w/sync)
> > unmaskirq    =  1 (on)
> > using_dma    =  1 (on)
> > keepsettings =  0 (off)
> > readonly     =  0 (off)
> > readahead    =  8 (on)
> > geometry     = 4982/255/63, sectors = 80041248, start = 0
> >  
> >
> 
> # hdparm  /dev/hda
> 
> /dev/hda:
>  multcount    = 16 (on)
>  IO_support   =  1 (32-bit)
>  unmaskirq    =  1 (on)
>  using_dma    =  1 (on)
>  keepsettings =  0 (off)
>  readonly     =  0 (off)
>  readahead    =  8 (on)
>  geometry     = 5005/255/63, sectors = 80418240, start = 0
> 
> # hdparm  /dev/hdb
> 
> /dev/hdb:
>  multcount    = 16 (on)
>  IO_support   =  1 (32-bit)
>  unmaskirq    =  1 (on)
>  using_dma    =  1 (on)
>  keepsettings =  0 (off)
>  readonly     =  0 (off)
>  readahead    =  8 (on)
>  geometry     = 10011/255/63, sectors = 160836480, start = 0
> 
> ># /sbin/hdparm -tT /dev/hdb
> >
> >/dev/hdb:
> > Timing buffer-cache reads:   576 MB in  2.00 seconds = 288.00 MB/sec
> > Timing buffered disk reads:    2 MB in 14.46 seconds = 141.63 kB/sec
> >  
> >
> # hdparm -tT /dev/hda
> 
> /dev/hda:
>  Timing buffer-cache reads:   1260 MB in  2.00 seconds = 630.00 MB/sec
>  Timing buffered disk reads:   82 MB in  3.07 seconds =  26.71 MB/sec
> 
> # hdparm  -tT /dev/hdb
> 
> /dev/hdb:
>  Timing buffer-cache reads:   1264 MB in  2.00 seconds = 632.00 MB/sec
>  Timing buffered disk reads:  164 MB in  3.00 seconds =  54.67 MB/sec
> 
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> 
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