Hard drive speed test using Linux command line and hdparm
- I will use
/dev/sdcas our testing block device.
Note that all tests should be run multiple times and average time should be calculated to get more accurate result.
[crayon-6a9cb3a8324d3355147500/]
Bypassing hard drive’s buffer cache memory thus reading directly from the disk.
[crayon-6a9cb3a8324db164670151/]
Read data from the second half of the disk that is if the hard drive size is 100GB.
[crayon-6a9cb3a8324de150896546/]
To obtain cached reads run the following command:
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[crayon-6a9cb3a8324d3355147500/]
Bypassing hard drive’s buffer cache memory thus reading directly from the disk.
[crayon-6a9cb3a8324db164670151/]
Read data from the second half of the disk that is if the hard drive size is 100GB.
[crayon-6a9cb3a8324de150896546/]
To obtain cached reads run the following command:
[crayon-6a9cb3a8324e0233245411/]