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From: root@nebulus.UUCP (Dennis S. Breckenridge)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: Simple disk benchmark results
Message-ID: <913@nebulus.UUCP>
Date: 23 Jun 89 03:56:21 GMT
References: <9468@b-tech.ann-arbor.mi.us> <3627@ddsw1.MCS.COM>
Organization: Alchemy Mindworks,Toronto,Ontario
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In article <3627@ddsw1.MCS.COM>, nvk@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Norman Kohn) writes:
> In article <9468@b-tech.ann-arbor.mi.us> zeeff@b-tech.ann-arbor.mi.us (Jon Zeeff) writes:
> >'386     Interactive  Maxtor   WD1006  17.4       400
> >'386	 AT&T 3.2     CDC      WD1007   9.4 	  319
> 
> I have a problem here. Is systime supposed to be the time we're
> measuring?  If so, these numbers can't be right (inconsistent
> kb/sec results).  I must be missing something.
> 
Does anyone out there ever check the real situation?

WD-1006 is a 1:1 ST506 controller running under brand-x o/s. This 
controller can only transfer data at 5 megabits per second. The WD-1007
on the other hand is an ESDI controller transfering data at 10 megabits 
per second. Why do think that this is a fair test? Take a standard 
configuration and change the o/s and retry the tests. This will at 
very least give a REALISTIC benchmark. I find the results interesting
but without basis on anything real. The drives are different, the 
o/s is different, the controllers are different. Is the box the same
or not ... 

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