On Monday, May 09, 2011 02:06:54 PM Lamar Owen wrote:
The particular drives (hardware) you are using have known performance issues; there are a number of reports in Western Digital's forums confirming this, for more than just Linux.
For reference: http://community.wdc.com/t5/Desktop/WD10EARS-slow-slow-slow-slow/td-p/7581 http://www.hv23.net/2010/02/wd10ears-performance-larger-block-size-issues4k/ http://b1mmer.com/linux/wdhdd/