-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 thus David Suhendrik spake: > @Rajagopal: > > This result: > # hdparm -tT /dev/hda5 > > /dev/hda5: > Timing cached reads: 9952 MB in 2.00 seconds = 4980.51 MB/sec > Timing buffered disk reads: 8 MB in 3.08 seconds = 2.60 MB/sec > > @Timo: > > 458930-B21 HP 750GB 7.2k HP MDL SATA > > I don't have idea for this case :( Hm, says that's *not* a 4K drive, so this is not the source for the problem. Would have been too easy... Timo > -- > Best regards, > David > http://blog.pnyet.web.id > > > On 05/10/2010 03:19 PM, Timo Schoeler wrote: > 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) iD8DBQFL6PVSfg746kcGBOwRAkYeAJ0ZS0lDHMsJF343VFd/4n3EIN3rGQCffCzE RZSIfXxBd8fWU5wsr8eeZ+k= =TKJF -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----