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From: jeff@uf.msc.umn.edu (Jeff Turner)
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Subject: Re: Disk benchmark (long)
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Date: 16 Oct 90 07:16:53 GMT
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In article <> cpcahil@virtech.UUCP (Conor P. Cahill) writes:
>For most systems the block size is 512.  For some (like
>a gould powernode) it is 1K.  If you always write it in multiples of 1K
>you satisfy both systems.

Then there are the CRAYs, large IBMs, and others that use 4KB blocks.
The best bet is to use a multiple of BUFSIZ.

-Jeff
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