Jonathan Rawle wrote: > If 54 MB/s decent performance? (Output from hdparm -t) Yes. Take a look at the *average* speeds on the latest hard drives: http://www.tomshardware.com/storage/20040209/seagate-03.html Peak performance should be a way above the average performance: there's normally more data around the outside of a disk than around the inside, and the spin speed is constant, so you get more data per second at the outside of a disk. HTH, James. -- E-mail address: james@ | "OPENING LINES OF THE 23RD PSALM westexe.demon.co.uk | Original version: | The Lord is my Shepherd, I'll not want." | -- "The Independent" thinks David spoke English
