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Hard drive performance under Linux
Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2009 1:19 pm
by madgrt
Hi all, I'm looking at buying a FitPC2 for use with Ubuntu. I was wondering if someone could do a quick test under Linux and post the results - please.
(or whatever your disk shows up as)
Thanks
Re: Hard drive performance under Linux
Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 6:18 am
by madgrt
come on guys it's a 1 minute job!
somebody, anybody?!?!
Re: Hard drive performance under Linux
Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 9:54 am
by Timon_and_Pumba
I have not received my Fit-PC2 yet...
Re: Hard drive performance under Linux
Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 10:44 am
by Sponk
I bought the diskless version, so I can't say anything about the shipped disk.
It is Ubuntu Jaunty, not the adapted Hardy version available here.
Hope this helps
hdparm -tT /dev/sda
/dev/sda:
Timing cached reads: 1014 MB in 2.00 seconds = 506.78 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads: 182 MB in 3.03 seconds = 60.14 MB/sec
hdparm -i /dev/sda
/dev/sda:
Model=WDC WD3200BMVS-11F9S0 , FwRev=01.01A11, SerialNo= WD-WXH808384331
Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec SpinMotCtl Fixed DTR>5Mbs FmtGapReq }
RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=50
BuffType=unknown, BuffSize=8192kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=?16?
CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=625142448
IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
PIO modes: pio0 pio3 pio4
DMA modes: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2
UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 *udma5 udma6
AdvancedPM=yes: unknown setting WriteCache=enabled
Drive conforms to: Unspecified: ATA/ATAPI-1,2,3,4,5,6,7
* signifies the current active mode
Re: Hard drive performance under Linux
Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 11:15 am
by madgrt
Thank-you both.
Sponk, that's perfect - cheers!
For others to compare with other Atom type systems:
I get 63.05 MB/sec on a 320GB Fujitsu in an EeePC 1000H with UltraDMA5
and 43.65 MB/sec on a 80GB Seagate in an Eeebox B202.
Maybe the Eeebox std drive is a 4200 spin, instead of 5400 rpm or maybe it's just patter density of the larger drives. All that matters is the little FitPC2 doesn't suffer any speed loss across the motherboard.
Sponk one last favour, please. Could you do a lspci and tell me what wireless card you got sent. I trust you bought a 1.6GHz diskless system with WiFi did you?
Re: Hard drive performance under Linux
Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 1:21 pm
by Sponk
Sorry, wifi was not available then.
Re: Hard drive performance under Linux
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 12:30 am
by irads
RaLink RT 3090, but with one antenna
Re: Hard drive performance under Linux
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 12:42 am
by yogev_ezra
Performance of factory shipped model (Fit-PC2 1.6GHz Linux Ubuntu 8.04):
The hard disk is Seagate Momentus 5400.5 160GB
fit@ubuntu-fitpc2:~$ sudo hdparm -Tt /dev/sda
[sudo] password for fit: ******
/dev/sda:
Timing cached reads: 974 MB in 2.00 seconds = 486.56 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads: 198 MB in 3.00 seconds = 65.95 MB/sec
fit@ubuntu-fitpc2:~$ sudo hdparm -i /dev/sda
/dev/sda:
Model=ST9160310AS , FwRev=SD03 , SerialNo= 5SV0DPJ3
Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs RotSpdTol>.5% }
RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=4
BuffType=unknown, BuffSize=8192kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=?16?
CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=312581808
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 *udma5 udma6
AdvancedPM=yes: unknown setting WriteCache=enabled
Drive conforms to: unknown: ATA/ATAPI-4,5,6,7
* signifies the current active mode
Re: Hard drive performance under Linux
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 1:10 am
by madgrt
Thanks for the info everyone, mine has been ordered now too.
Re: Hard drive performance under Linux
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 2:17 am
by yogev_ezra
Just for having more statistics, here is performance of Seagate Momentus 7200.3 80GB under the same Ubuntu 8.04:
yogev@yogev-desktop:~$ sudo hdparm -Tt /dev/sda
/dev/sda:
Timing cached reads: 998 MB in 2.00 seconds = 498.98 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads: 194 MB in 3.01 seconds = 64.55 MB/sec
yogev@yogev-desktop:~$ sudo hdparm -i /dev/sda
/dev/sda:
Model=ST980411AS , FwRev=SD13 , SerialNo= 5TF00YJK
Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs RotSpdTol>.5% }
RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=4
BuffType=unknown, BuffSize=16384kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=?16?
CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=156301488
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 *udma5 udma6
AdvancedPM=yes: unknown setting WriteCache=enabled
Drive conforms to: unknown: ATA/ATAPI-4,5,6,7
* signifies the current active mode
Looks like 7200 RPM adds nothing to Fit-PC2 performance under Linux? (VS 5400 RPM)