[mythtv] performance

[Henk Poley]

> Van: mark@zzo.com
>
> A maxtor 30GB ATA-133 7200 rpm (Maxtor 6E030L0) with VIA IDE (VT82C586B)
> gives: (this is a KT-400 motherboard)
> 
> happy ~ # hdparm -tT /dev/hda
> 
> /dev/hda:
> Timing buffer-cache reads:   128 MB in  0.41 seconds =312.20 MB/sec
> Timing buffered disk reads:  64 MB in  1.27 seconds = 50.39 MB/sec
> 
> I assume bigger maxtor ATA-133/7200rpm drives have similar performance.

You shouldn't be so shure about that. Most smaller drives perform a bit
better.

I'm not sure if this isn't some difference in the IDE vs. SCSI protocol,
but SCSI drives are most of the times quite faster (and have lower
responstimes). They are also 1/4 to 1/2 the size for a disk you still can
afford.

	Henk Poley <><