What's a good benchmarking app for linux?
I need to test the speeds of my drives. HD and CDROMs.

Thanks

On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 13:15:53 -0600, WIdgeteye wrote:

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> What's a good benchmarking app for linux?
> I need to test the speeds of my drives. HD and CDROMs.
>
> Thanks

hdparm

WIdgeteye wrote:
> What's a good benchmarking app for linux?
> I need to test the speeds of my drives. HD and CDROMs.
>
> Thanks

there are several options in Linux for this, the one that comes to mind
is SOL-diag http://www.sol-linux.com/Private/Download/?lang=English

be sure to get the SOL that has -diag at the end of the name, it is a
live CD like knoppix so you want have to actually install it just boot
the CD and run the diagnonis app, i don;t know all the details about
everything it does...

another one is R.I.P (Rescue is Possible) Linux a live CD
http://www.tux.org/pub/people/kent-r...looplinux/rip/

but for your best bet to find what exactly you want you will just have
to browse thru http://www.distrowatch.com/ and see, Fire Linux, Plan B,
are a few more that offer tools for what you want...

WIdgeteye wrote :

> I need to test the speeds of my drives. HD and CDROMs.

The hdparm utility can be used both for testing and optimizing a
drive. Test the drive using 'hdparm -Tt /dev/hdX'
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> The hdparm utility can be used both for testing and optimizing a
> drive. Test the drive using 'hdparm -Tt /dev/hdX'

Thanks, :^)

WIdgeteye wrote:

>
> What's a good benchmarking app for linux?
> I need to test the speeds of my drives. HD and CDROMs.
>
> Thanks

http://members.optusnet.com.au/ckolivas/contest/
http://www.coker.com.au/bonnie++/
http://ck.kolivas.org/kernbench/
http://hulllug.principalhosting.net/...ad.php?t=16808

On 2005-03-16, Cheapskate <linzeecoble@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> The hdparm utility can be used both for testing and optimizing a
>> drive. Test the drive using 'hdparm -Tt /dev/hdX'
>
> Thanks, :^)

This is probably the best one. Thanks.
I does a great job of checking the speeds.




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