[CentOS] Formatting file system too slow on CentOS
Timo Schoeler
timo.schoeler at riscworks.net
Mon May 10 08:19:18 UTC 2010
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thus David Suhendrik spake:
> Dear All,
> I've a new server HP DL 180 G6 with quad core processor, ram 4 GB, hdd
> (WDC) 1x750GB Sata.
> I was confused when installing CentOS 5 64bit on that server, I take
> about two hours to format the ext3 file system. is this normal?
Hi,
could you provide the exact model number of that HD?
I think it could be a 4K issue. We ran into this, too, some months ago:
http://www.hv23.net/2010/02/wd10ears-performance-larger-block-size-issues4k/
HTH,
Timo
> Because when I compare with other sata hard drive in another computer
> file system format is not too long like that.
> And when I copy the file on the local hard drive for longer time when
> compared with the copy of the file on another server.
>
> How to debug on this issue?
>
> --
> Best regards,
> David
> http://blog.pnyet.web.id
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