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

[dirk husemann]

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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=20
> 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 =3D 2338.83 MB/sec
>  Timing buffered disk reads:  118 MB in  3.03 seconds =3D  40.89 MB/sec=

>  =20
this is what i get  on my T60:

     / hdparm -Tt /dev/sda

    /dev/sda:
     Timing cached reads:   4712 MB in  2.00 seconds =3D 2357.02 MB/sec
     Timing buffered disk reads:  150 MB in  3.03 seconds =3D  49.44 MB/s=
ec

cheers,
    dirk

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