[ltp] [T60] Is SATA slower than PATA?

[Alfredo Matos]

dirk husemann wrote:
> WSR wrote:
>   
>> Hi There,
>>
>>
>> That seems a little slow to me.
>>
>> Model Family:     Hitachi Travelstar 5K100 series
>> Device Model:     HTS541010G9SA00
>> Firmware Version: MBZIC60H
>>
>> On my T60, no matter the distribution, I get around 40, and I have seen it as 
>> high as 50 it seems before:
>>
>> rushforth@sr-mobile:~$ sudo hdparm -Tt /dev/sda
>>
>> /dev/sda:
>>  Timing cached reads:   4676 MB in  2.00 seconds = 2338.83 MB/sec
>>  Timing buffered disk reads:  118 MB in  3.03 seconds =  40.89 MB/sec
>>   
>>     
> this is what i get  on my T60:
>
>      / hdparm -Tt /dev/sda
>
>     /dev/sda:
>      Timing cached reads:   4712 MB in  2.00 seconds = 2357.02 MB/sec
>      Timing buffered disk reads:  150 MB in  3.03 seconds =  49.44 MB/sec
>
> cheers,
>     dirk
>
>   
Hi,

I have the following hard drive in a T60, with AHCI disabled,
compatibility only,:

Vendor and Model: FUJITSU MHV2060B
Firmware: 0084

and i also get very slow (i think) performance:

$ sudo hdparm -Tt /dev/sda

/dev/sda:
 Timing cached reads:   4840 MB in  2.00 seconds = 2421.93 MB/sec
 Timing buffered disk reads:  102 MB in  3.06 seconds =  33.37 MB/sec

What do you guys think ? Any way of speeding this up ?

$ sudo hdparm /dev/sda

/dev/sda:
 IO_support   =  0 (default 16-bit)
 readonly     =  0 (off)
 readahead    = 256 (on)
 geometry     = 7296/255/63, sectors = 117210240, start = 0


Bye,

Alfredo Matos