On Wed, May 08, 2002 at 04:32:35PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Wed, 8 May 2002, Alan Cox wrote:
> > > Yes, I know all of that, and I've expected only max 3-5 MB/sec but not
> > > 1.7.
> > > The scsi bandwith on indy is 10MB/s, the disk is above 10 MB/s.
> > > Maybe I expect too much
> >
> > An old 2Gb 5400 RPM drive ought to deliver about 2Mbytes/second data rates.
> > The 1.7 sounds suprisingly low unless the driver code doesn't support
> > disconnect and scsi2 tagged stuff. For an old NCR538x/9x device without
> > those it sounds all too believable.
>
> Doesn't the Indy have a wd33c93, like the Amiga 3000? If yes, 1.7 MiB/s is
> indeed quite low.
It does have one of those. And it supports disconnect which was
the problem with the read corruption going on in former days.
Flo
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