[ardour-users] Re: Capturing audio with 2 delta1010lt's (chapter 3 - Ardour not happy!)

[Frode Haugsgjerd]

On Thu, Jan 27, 2005 at 11:04:47PM +1100, audio lathe wrote:
> Ok, I have gone through the kernel config and stopped SE linux (it
> will be an offline kernel) and BSD accounting. I picked the Deadline
> I/O Scheduler
> 
> disk performance is
> 
> /dev/hdg:
>  Timing buffer-cache reads:   3668 MB in  2.00 seconds = 1832.45 MB/sec
>  Timing buffered disk reads:  168 MB in  3.02 seconds =  55.56 MB/sec
> 
Don't trust hdparm's performance tests, its just a toy. Use bonnie++.
I remember reading about a hd benchmark program that simulates a 
multitrack recorder, but can't remember where.

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Frode Haugsgjerd
Norway