-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 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 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFL58GGfg746kcGBOwRAj/DAKC1qjx6s5KsxrfogqFQDaX8DxiGYACdEgzi zQbtaxXCAKLsd2PZNyMTwXw= =yg+z -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----