On Wed, May 03, 2006 at 01:06:06PM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: > On Wed, May 03, 2006 at 11:07:15AM -0500, Scott Marlowe wrote: > >I have often used the mem=xxx arguments to lilo when needing to limit > >the amount of memory for testing purposes. Just google for limit memory > >and your bootloader to find the options. > > Or, just don't worry about it. Even if you get bonnie to reflect real > numbers, so what? In general the goal is to optimize application > performance, not bonnie performance. A simple set of dd's is enough to > give you a rough idea of disk performance, beyond that you really need > to see how your disk is performing with your actual workload. Well, in this case the question was about random write access, which dd won't show you. -- Jim C. Nasby, Sr. Engineering Consultant jnasby@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Pervasive Software http://pervasive.com work: 512-231-6117 vcard: http://jim.nasby.net/pervasive.vcf cell: 512-569-9461
