I belive is something slowly the "Timing buffered disk reads" !! just 9.61 MB/sec , with IDE disk ? and with machine !!! I belive it most be better !
look it: hdparm -Tt /dev/hda /dev/hda: Timing buffer-cache reads: 128 MB in 0.23 seconds =556.52 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 2.26 seconds = 28.32 MB/sec I was over a regular PC P4 at 1Gz , with a IDE disk 40 GB ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Head" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 11:51 PM Subject: Hard Drive Issues with RH9.0 > I have RH9.0 installed on a mail server. It is > currently having issues with the hard drive keeping up > with the demand of file I/O. The following is the > hardware in the server: > > 1) Dual Intel Xeon 2.40GHz CPUs. > 2) Intel PIIX4 Ultra 100 onboard IDE controller. > 3) Western Digital (WD2000JB-00DUA0) 200 gig IDE HD. > > Right now I get the following results from 'hdparm -tT > /dev/hda': > > /dev/hda: > Timing buffer-cache reads: 128 MB in 0.31 seconds > =412.90 MB/sec > Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 6.66 seconds = > 9.61 MB/sec > > With running a mail server on this server, there are > frequent times the server will seem like it is taking > a break with all of the disk I/O. > Is there anything I can do to speed things up? The > hard drive is capable of handling the load. I just do > not think something is not setup correctly. > > Can someone please give me some insite? If there is > other information you need, please let me know. > > Thanks in advance, > Goofy > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). > http://calendar.yahoo.com > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
