Re: disk transfer rates

[richard nairnconsulting ca]

hdparm can be used to time disk reads:
hdparm -t /dev/hda

/dev/hda:
 Timing buffered disk reads:  64 MB in  1.81 seconds = 35.36 MB/sec

As for writes, you could maybe time a dd if=/dev/zero of=test...




On Fri, May 24, 2002 at 02:21:31PM -0400, Shoshana Rosenthal wrote:
> Hi,
> I suspect that my disks are not performing as the specs
> indicate. Is there  a linux command that measures the
> read/write time and transfer rate for disks?
> 
> TIA
> 
> Shoshana
> shoshana@cfa.harvard.edu
> 
> 
> 
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