Am Dienstag, den 11.05.2010, 11:38 +0530 schrieb Rajagopal Swaminathan: > Greetings, > > On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 8:08 AM, David Suhendrik <david at pnyet.web.id> wrote: > > @Rajagopal: > > > > This result: > > # hdparm -tT /dev/hda5 > > > > /dev/hda5: > > Timing buffered disk reads: 8 MB in 3.08 seconds = 2.60 MB/sec > > > > First of all it should report /dev/sda and not /dev/hda > > It is a horrible speed for modern disks. > > > Modern SATA disks show around 50-80 MB/Sec > > I am sure ide0noprobe=no (or zero -- check docs) in the kernel mline > will surely speed up in addition to other suggestions will > dramatically speed up. As will setting the operation mode in mode in BIOS from compatible to SATA. First thing i do on all HP servers when they are shipped. Chris