Re: Benchmark - 2nd run

[Walter <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jean-Marc Zucconi wrote:

>                                           FreeBSD-4.9    FreeBSD-5.1     FreeBSD-5.2       DragonFly
> File Read  (10 seconds)                  179477.0 KBps  167848.0 KBps    38635.0 KBps   179972.0 KBps 
> File Write (10 seconds)                   18633.0 KBps   12800.0 KBps     7800.0 KBps    18433.0 KBps 
> File Copy  (10 seconds)                   16298.0 KBps   11944.0 KBps     4436.0 KBps    16271.0 KBps 
> File Read  (30 seconds)                  179598.0 KBps  169150.0 KBps    39068.0 KBps   177467.0 KBps 
> File Write (30 seconds)                   18399.0 KBps   12589.0 KBps     7688.0 KBps    18277.0 KBps 
> File Copy  (30 seconds)                   15297.0 KBps   11468.0 KBps     4375.0 KBps    15308.0 KBps 
> C Compiler Test                             428.1 lpm      258.4 lpm       143.2 lpm       407.1 lpm  

Hi,

   Ignorant, non-hacker question here: Would the location of
the partitions on the disk (inner cylinders, outer cylinders,
middle .., etc.) affect the file operation benchmarks?  (As
I understand all these OS's are on one computer, iirc.  So,
the comparison of the times to access their respective slices
may not be on a "level playing field."  Or am I totally wrong?)

Walter