Re: Formatting file system too slow on CentOS

[Timo Schoeler <timo.schoeler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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thus David Suhendrik spake:
> Dear All,
> I've a new server HP DL 180 G6 with quad core processor, ram 4 GB, hdd 
> (WDC) 1x750GB Sata.
> I was confused when installing CentOS 5 64bit on that server, I take 
> about two hours to format the ext3 file system. is this normal?

Hi,

could you provide the exact model number of that HD?

I think it could be a 4K issue. We ran into this, too, some months ago:

http://www.hv23.net/2010/02/wd10ears-performance-larger-block-size-issues4k/

HTH,

Timo

> Because when I compare with other sata hard drive in another computer 
> file system format is not too long like that.
> And when I copy the file on the local hard drive for longer time when 
> compared with the copy of the file on another server.
> 
> How to debug on this issue?
> 
> --
> Best regards,
> David
> http://blog.pnyet.web.id

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