[mythtv-users] ME6000 and hard drives
David Mallwitz
dave at dmallwitz.net
Tue Feb 10 05:31:14 EST 2004
On Tuesday 10 February 2004 03:23 am, Clay wrote:
> I was curious if anyone on the list using the combination of an EPIA
> ME6000 and a PVR 350 would be willing to post what type of hard drive
> they're using and what kind of statistics hdparm reports on the
> drive? I was using an old Seagate 60GB just fine with my ME6000, but
> I can't use my new Maxtor drives (120GB and 160GB each) without
> turning DMA off, which I'd prefer not to do. (ivtv will hard freeze
> the system playing back MPEG2 files if DMA is turned on with the
> Maxtors. I can't even SSH in in this case.)
>
> Thanks for any information!
I've got that same combo, but with a Seagate 120g HD. Here are the
specs:
tv root # hdparm -tT /dev/hda
/dev/hda:
Timing buffer-cache reads: 272 MB in 2.00 seconds = 136.00 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads: 100 MB in 3.03 seconds = 33.00 MB/sec
tv root # hdparm /dev/hda
/dev/hda:
multcount = 16 (on)
IO_support = 1 (32-bit)
unmaskirq = 1 (on)
using_dma = 1 (on)
keepsettings = 0 (off)
readonly = 0 (off)
readahead = 8 (on)
geometry = 14593/255/63, sectors = 234441648, start = 0
tv root # hdparm -I /dev/hda
/dev/hda:
ATA device, with non-removable media
Model Number: ST3120026A
Serial Number: 3JT1S5C
Firmware Revision: 3.06
Standards:
Used: ATA/ATAPI-6 T13 1410D revision 2
Supported: 6 5 4 3
Configuration:
Logical max current
cylinders 16383 65535
heads 16 1
sectors/track 63 63
--
CHS current addressable sectors: 4128705
LBA user addressable sectors: 234441648
LBA48 user addressable sectors: 234441648
device size with M = 1024*1024: 114473 MBytes
device size with M = 1000*1000: 120034 MBytes (120 GB)
Capabilities:
LBA, IORDY(can be disabled)
bytes avail on r/w long: 4 Queue depth: 1
Standby timer values: spec'd by Standard
R/W multiple sector transfer: Max = 16 Current = 16
Recommended acoustic management value: 128, current value: 0
DMA: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 *udma5
Cycle time: min=120ns recommended=120ns
PIO: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
Cycle time: no flow control=240ns IORDY flow control=120ns
Commands/features:
Enabled Supported:
* READ BUFFER cmd
* WRITE BUFFER cmd
* Host Protected Area feature set
* Look-ahead
* Write cache
* Power Management feature set
Security Mode feature set
* SMART feature set
* FLUSH CACHE EXT command
* Mandatory FLUSH CACHE command
* Device Configuration Overlay feature set
* 48-bit Address feature set
SET MAX security extension
* DOWNLOAD MICROCODE cmd
* SMART self-test
* SMART error logging
Security:
supported
not enabled
not locked
not frozen
not expired: security count
not supported: enhanced erase
HW reset results:
CBLID- above Vih
Device num = 0 determined by CSEL
Checksum: correct
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