Comments on: Hard drive speeds http://schuller.id.au/2010/01/13/hard-drive-speeds/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hard-drive-speeds Mon, 07 May 2012 00:40:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: wayne http://schuller.id.au/2010/01/13/hard-drive-speeds/comment-page-1/#comment-143 wayne Wed, 13 Jan 2010 23:24:47 +0000 http://schuller.id.au/?p=1014#comment-143 Jonathan: I tried your advice but the output of bonnie++ is an absolute joke. If bonnie++ can't give me logical readable output then it is broken. Tony: In this system I have 2 full backups (1 offsite) so I can survive drives dying. I suspect we need to get a NAS here in the office though. Jonathan: I tried your advice but the output of bonnie++ is an absolute joke. If bonnie++ can’t give me logical readable output then it is broken.

Tony: In this system I have 2 full backups (1 offsite) so I can survive drives dying. I suspect we need to get a NAS here in the office though.

]]> By: Tony http://schuller.id.au/2010/01/13/hard-drive-speeds/comment-page-1/#comment-142 Tony Wed, 13 Jan 2010 07:35:21 +0000 http://schuller.id.au/?p=1014#comment-142 For a single user a NAS doesn't really make much sense. But of you need to share data then a NAS is easy. Also, the ability to use RAID so that a drive failure doesn't cost you data might be an important consideration. For a single user a NAS doesn’t really make much sense. But of you need to share data then a NAS is easy. Also, the ability to use RAID so that a drive failure doesn’t cost you data might be an important consideration.

]]> By: jonathan http://schuller.id.au/2010/01/13/hard-drive-speeds/comment-page-1/#comment-141 jonathan Wed, 13 Jan 2010 03:48:17 +0000 http://schuller.id.au/?p=1014#comment-141 1MB/s is USB1 kind of speeds - I'd suspect that there was something not well configured... I'd be interested in the numbers you can get with bonnie++ - if will give you more meaningful data than hdparm. Regarding NAS, the main benefit (as I see it) is that the storage is easily accessible from multiple locations from a simple, standalone network device. There's no comparison between a NAS device and an esata enclosure - they don't do the same thing. Instead, compare NAS and the cost of purchasing (and running) a separate computer on the network. (log-in-to-comment is a real pain in the neck - could you change it to something a little friendlier? :) ) 1MB/s is USB1 kind of speeds – I’d suspect that there was something not well configured…

I’d be interested in the numbers you can get with bonnie++ – if will give you more meaningful data than hdparm.

Regarding NAS, the main benefit (as I see it) is that the storage is easily accessible from multiple locations from a simple, standalone network device. There’s no comparison between a NAS device and an esata enclosure – they don’t do the same thing. Instead, compare NAS and the cost of purchasing (and running) a separate computer on the network.

(log-in-to-comment is a real pain in the neck – could you change it to something a little friendlier? :) )

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