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тАО09-02-2004 02:40 PM
тАО09-02-2004 02:40 PM
Hi All,
What is the command to check the speed of the SCSI HDD in Redhat 9 ?
On ML110 server, there is a U320 SCSI HDD. It is reported in BIOS as 80MB SCSI speed instead of 320MB.
But this seems normal as per the link below http://adaptec-tic.adaptec.com/cgi-bin/adaptec_tic.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_sid=mqmkxhkh&p_lva=&p_faqid=7723&p_created=1050919163&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9ncmlkc29ydD0mcF9yb3dfY250PTMzJnBfc2VhcmNoX3RleHQ9K3Njc2kgKyBuZWdvdGlhdGlvbiZwX3NlYXJjaF90eXBlPTMmcF9wcm9kX2x2bDE9fmFueX4mcF9wcm9kX2x2bDI9fmFueX4mcF9jYXRfbHZsMT1_YW55fiZwX3BhZ2U9MQ**&p_li
Any help appreciated,
Thanks,
Murthy
What is the command to check the speed of the SCSI HDD in Redhat 9 ?
On ML110 server, there is a U320 SCSI HDD. It is reported in BIOS as 80MB SCSI speed instead of 320MB.
But this seems normal as per the link below http://adaptec-tic.adaptec.com/cgi-bin/adaptec_tic.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_sid=mqmkxhkh&p_lva=&p_faqid=7723&p_created=1050919163&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9ncmlkc29ydD0mcF9yb3dfY250PTMzJnBfc2VhcmNoX3RleHQ9K3Njc2kgKyBuZWdvdGlhdGlvbiZwX3NlYXJjaF90eXBlPTMmcF9wcm9kX2x2bDE9fmFueX4mcF9wcm9kX2x2bDI9fmFueX4mcF9jYXRfbHZsMT1_YW55fiZwX3BhZ2U9MQ**&p_li
Any help appreciated,
Thanks,
Murthy
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тАО09-02-2004 03:33 PM
тАО09-02-2004 03:33 PM
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I wouldn't necessarily trust what the bios is saying.
I'd think about a utility like dd and see how long it takes to write a very big file.
Do remember that writes are going to take longer than reads.
You might try transferring a large file with a script from one filesystem on the disk to another with a echo statement before and after the transfer.
Don't except 320 MB/s speeds in any case. Thats a theoretical standard that is slowed down by factors such as overhead.
I'm not sure I'd worry a whole lot about what the BIOS says.
If you are willing to take the server down, most servers come with a bootable diagnostic disk. You can boot off that and run the disk speed check utilities to allay your concerns.
A diagnostic cd/program is available for download from the website of the manufacturer as well.
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I'd think about a utility like dd and see how long it takes to write a very big file.
Do remember that writes are going to take longer than reads.
You might try transferring a large file with a script from one filesystem on the disk to another with a echo statement before and after the transfer.
Don't except 320 MB/s speeds in any case. Thats a theoretical standard that is slowed down by factors such as overhead.
I'm not sure I'd worry a whole lot about what the BIOS says.
If you are willing to take the server down, most servers come with a bootable diagnostic disk. You can boot off that and run the disk speed check utilities to allay your concerns.
A diagnostic cd/program is available for download from the website of the manufacturer as well.
SEP
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тАО09-04-2004 06:30 AM
тАО09-04-2004 06:30 AM
Re: How to check speed of SCSI HDD in RH 9
You can get the Adaptec EZ-SCSI utilities to tune the performance of the drive and card, unfortunately I think there only available for Windows so you may need to make your machine dual boot. I found using EZ-SCSI I could turn on features such as write-caching and that greatly improved performance.
You could also try pressing CTRL-A during boot and checking that the card's BIOS is set to the maximum speed.
You could also try pressing CTRL-A during boot and checking that the card's BIOS is set to the maximum speed.
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тАО09-05-2004 11:06 AM
тАО09-05-2004 11:06 AM
Re: How to check speed of SCSI HDD in RH 9
*whee!* I can post to the thread now! Yay!..
Anyway, what I was goign to say last week was to check your '/var/log/dmesg' file. All SCSI HDD's usually list the interface speed they are running at there, i.e.:
scsi0:A:0:0: Tagged Queuing enabled. Depth 253
Attached scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
(scsi0:A:0): 160.000MB/s transfers (80.000MHz DT, offset 63, 16bit)
SCSI device sda: 71132000 512-byte hdwr sectors (36420 MB)
Anyway, what I was goign to say last week was to check your '/var/log/dmesg' file. All SCSI HDD's usually list the interface speed they are running at there, i.e.:
scsi0:A:0:0: Tagged Queuing enabled. Depth 253
Attached scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
(scsi0:A:0): 160.000MB/s transfers (80.000MHz DT, offset 63, 16bit)
SCSI device sda: 71132000 512-byte hdwr sectors (36420 MB)
One long-haired git at your service...
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