2009/1/25 Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer@xxxxxxxxx>: > Then first do a dd test to see how fast it works from pure userspace. ie. > > dd if=/dev/zero of=<testfile> bs=1m count=2000 // build a 2 GB test file > > time (dd if=<testfile-on-tier1> of=<testfile-on-tier2> bs=1m; sync) > > repeat at least a couple times to verify the times. > Remember to run echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches just before each benchmark Regards Martin -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ