Ross S. W. Walker wrote: >> How would I know if my system is using NCQ? I think my >> drives and card >> should support it. >> > > Get the controller make/model and look it up, then get the drives > make/model and look it up. If they both support NCQ then you should > be good. > > While your there get the sustained data transfer rate, total read > seek time (includes rotational latency) and total write seek time. > > -Ross > > I can get all that data, but can I actually test it somehow? Does linux know anything about NCQ, or is everything abstracted to the controller? Russ