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$hdparm -t /dev/hda
 /dev/hda:
 Timing buffered disk reads:  64 MB in  4.23 seconds =15.13 MB/sec

Does anyone have any ideas as to why its so much slower in linux?  maybe
linux doesnt give the hard disk drive all the CPU it wants because of
more "egalitarian" CPU sharing methods of resource sharing?

Maxtor tech-support was as expected, clueless..
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Quote:> I just bought maxtors latest and greatest DiamondMax plus 40 ATA-66
> 20GIG hard disk drive.  according to http://storagereview.com 's tests
> and my own (winbench), it's getting a starting disk read access rate
of
> 30.x MB/sec. (and an ending disk read rate of about 18 MB/sec.);  the
> fastest ATA disk right now.  Unfortunately, on linux (with the patched
> kernel promise ATA-66 driver) gives on average this:

> $hdparm -t /dev/hda
>  /dev/hda:
>  Timing buffered disk reads:  64 MB in  4.23 seconds =15.13 MB/sec

> Does anyone have any ideas as to why its so much slower in linux?
maybe
> linux doesnt give the hard disk drive all the CPU it wants because of
> more "egalitarian" CPU sharing methods of resource sharing?

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