HD speed?

TazLinux · 06-12-2003, 08:25 PM

How can I measure hard disk speed, size, etc....

green_dragon37 · 06-12-2003, 08:32 PM

"hdparm -Tt /dev/hda" as root will measure cache read/write speeds and disk read/write speeds. hdparm has other options for changing HDD settings, too.

Ian

megaspaz · 06-12-2003, 08:34 PM

test hdd speeds:
hdparm -Tt /dev/hda

device information:
hdparm -I /dev/hda
or
hdparm -i /dev/hda
or
hdparm -v /dev/hda

hdparm has to be done logged in as root, as far as i know. won't work if you su into super user mode. also check out the man pages for any other things that hdparm can do.

there's some other benchmarking tools also. like lmbench (that's "Lmbench").

edit: hmmm.... a tad on slow side today i are....