Re: disk transfer speed problem

[Alan Cox]

> > >  Timing buffered disk reads:  64 MB in  3.24 seconds = 19.75 MB/sec
> >
> > well, 109 MB/s is pretty low for buffer-cache reads; this reflects
> > the relative crippled-ness of your cpu/dram/chipset.
> 
> well... i would't name a Celeron 900 MHz crippled. PC133 is the best the
> board gets... and now the speed is lower then the previous server which was
> an Athlon 600 pluggede in an Asus VIA KX133 based mobo.

I get 25MB/sec off my i815 board. It is pretty starved - I seem stuck at
about 25MB/sec total even doing hdparm across both controllers.

Using an external video card might make a small difference