[mythtv-users] Maxtor Diamond plus 9

[Will Dormann]

># hdparm -tT /dev/hdb
> 
>/dev/hdb:
> Timing buffer-cache reads:   128 MB in  0.24 seconds =533.33 MB/sec
> Timing buffered disk reads:  64 MB in  1.25 seconds = 51.20 MB/sec
>
>This is the exact same number as before setting acoustic to 128. Does
>that mean I still get the same performance ?

Acoustic management will negatively affect random seek time.  (by how much,
I'm not sure...)   AFAIK, the hdparm test is a sequential test.

-WD