Xref: utzoo unix-pc.general:4228 comp.sys.att:8178 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!att!cbnewsh!ho5cad!wjc From: wjc@ho5cad.ATT.COM (Bill Carpenter) Newsgroups: unix-pc.general,comp.sys.att Subject: timing a hard drive in unixpc Message-ID: Date: 1 Dec 89 20:33:14 GMT Sender: bill@cbnewsh.ATT.COM Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 12 Here is a simple question that probably has a simple but diappointing answer. Is there a way to measure access times on a UNIXpc? (By that, I mean without having to have any extra heavy-duty hardware.) In other words, if I have a drive that claims average seek times of, say 28ms, is there are way to measure if it's in the right ballpark? I'm not interested (much) in measuring stuff like rotation speed of the platters (sounds like an oscilloscope deal, huh?). Tx for any info. -- Bill Carpenter att!ho5cad!wjc or attmail!bill Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com