Linux Hard drive benchmarking

Linux Hard drive benchmarking (on Dell 2400 2.2 GHz 7200 RPM 40 gig HDD)

[root@server shop]# hdparm -Tt /dev/hda

/dev/hda:
Timing buffer-cache reads: 1328 MB in 2.00 seconds = 664.00 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads: 124 MB in 3.00 seconds = 41.33 MB/sec

[root@server home]# hdparm /dev/hda

/dev/hda:
multcount = 16 (on)
IO_support = 0 (default 16-bit)
unmaskirq = 0 (off)
using_dma = 1 (on)
keepsettings = 0 (off)
readonly = 0 (off)
readahead = 8 (on)
geometry = 4863/255/63, sectors = 78125000, start = 0


[root@server home]# hdparm -u1 -m16 -c3 -d1 -X69 /dev/hda

/dev/hda:
setting 32-bit IO_support flag to 3
setting multcount to 16
setting unmaskirq to 1 (on)
setting using_dma to 1 (on)
setting xfermode to 69 (UltraDMA mode5)
multcount = 16 (on)
IO_support = 3 (32-bit w/sync)
unmaskirq = 1 (on)
using_dma = 1 (on)
[root@server home]# hdparm /dev/hda

/dev/hda:
multcount = 16 (on)
IO_support = 3 (32-bit w/sync)
unmaskirq = 1 (on)
using_dma = 1 (on)
keepsettings = 0 (off)
readonly = 0 (off)
readahead = 8 (on)
geometry = 4863/255/63, sectors = 78125000, start = 0
[root@server home]# hdparm -Tt /dev/hda
/dev/hda:
Timing buffer-cache reads: 1340 MB in 2.00 seconds = 670.00 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads: 142 MB in 3.03 seconds = 46.86 MB/sec

put command in /etc/rc.d/rc.local