Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 25 Jul 2005 22:12:58 +0200 | From | Andreas Baer <> | Subject | Re: Problem with Asus P4C800-DX and P4 -Northwood- |
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Erik Mouw wrote: > On Mon, Jul 25, 2005 at 09:51:49PM +0200, Andreas Baer wrote: > >>Willy Tarreau wrote: >> >>>On Mon, Jul 25, 2005 at 03:10:08PM +0200, Andreas Baer wrote: >>> >>>>Here I have >>>> >>>> /dev/hda: 26.91 MB/sec >>>> /dev/hda1: 26.90 MB/sec (Windows FAT32) >>>> /dev/hda7: 17.89 MB/sec (Linux EXT3) >>>> >>>>Could you give me a reason how this is possible? >>> >>> >>>a reason for what ? the fact that the notebook performs faster than the >>>desktop while slower on I/O ? >> >>No, a reason why the partition with Linux (ReiserFS or Ext3) is always >>slower >>than the Windows partition? > > > Easy: Drives don't have the same speed on all tracks. The platters are > built-up from zones with different recording densities: zones near the > center of the platters have a lower recording density and hence a lower > datarate (less bits/second pass under the head). Zones at the outer > diameter have a higher recording density and a higher datarate. > > > Erik >
So it has definitely nothing to do with filesystem? I also thought about physical reasons because I don't think the hdparm depends on filesystems... - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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