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03-06-2010, 03:36 AM #1WHT Addict
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SATA disk transfer speed is very slow
Hello,
I'v used hdparm -tT /dev/sda3 to test transfer speed of a SATA disk in a server(Q9300 8GB 1TB STAT2,CENTOS5.4 32bit), but I got a very slow result for 9.36 MB/sec below:
hdparm -tT /dev/sda3:
Timing cached reads: 8052 MB in 2.00 seconds = 4027.18 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads: 30 MB in 3.21 seconds = 9.36 MB/sec
In another server, I got a result for 86.41 MB/sec (Q9300 4GB 1TB STAT2,CENTOS5.3 32bit):
hdparm -tT /dev/sda3
/dev/sda3:
Timing cached reads: 7680 MB in 2.00 seconds = 3843.47 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads: 260 MB in 3.01 seconds = 86.41 MB/sec
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03-06-2010, 05:43 AM #2Cable Director
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Maybe the disk is bad or one of the power or sata cables.
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03-06-2010, 06:37 AM #3Junior Guru Wannabe
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To get accurate results, the machine must be idle. Was there disk activity going on while you tested your disk ? Use vmstat/dstat to look at disk transfers.
If there is disk activity, stop all processes that might be responsible until there is at most only occasional bursts of 10s of KB written to disk and restart your test.
If there isn't disk activity and you still get this kind of transfer speed, tell your hosting provider about it.
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03-06-2010, 06:41 AM #4Junior Guru
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OP:
Either a bad drive, cable or controller... or driver, I guess.
This is why I like RAID-10 (4 disk array):
hdparm -tT /dev/md0
/dev/md0:
Timing cached reads: 11672 MB in 2.00 seconds = 5839.79 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads: 722 MB in 3.03 seconds = 238.63 MB/sec
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03-06-2010, 06:46 AM #5The Linux Specialist
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03-06-2010, 06:51 AM #6Web Hosting Master
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As said by "gyver", the disk should be in idle state when you perform the tests to get the accurate results. If the disk was in idle state and result is the same as you stated, then better as your hosting provider OR the Data Center Enggs to take a look at it.
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03-06-2010, 08:16 AM #7Web Hosting Master
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The disk probably isnt running in native mode in the bios, OR it's a bad SATA cable. Have your DC swap it out
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03-06-2010, 11:18 PM #8WHT Addict
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Thanks everyone, the hosting provider bring the server down and testing the hard driver right now.
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03-07-2010, 04:16 AM #9WHT Addict
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03-07-2010, 10:19 AM #10Web Hosting Master
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wow, is this normal for us?
hdparm -tT /dev/sda8
/dev/sda8:
Timing cached reads: 17568 MB in 2.00 seconds = 8803.90 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads: 246 MB in 3.07 seconds = 80.24 MB/sec
We have 15K SAS drives X4 with 256mb hardware RAID 10
80.24 MB/sec seems very slow???
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03-07-2010, 03:43 PM #11Web Hosting Master
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