Melihat Kecepatan Akses Harddisk

Tidak perlu repot menginstallkan software tambahan sekelas SiSSoftSandra kalau kita bekerja di Linux. Ada tool 'hdparm' yang bisa kita gunakan untuk melihat kecepatan akses harddisk atau jenis media penyimapan data kita.

//Ketikkan perintah berikut di terminal:

root@jun-desktop:~# hdparm -vi -Tt /dev/sda

/dev/sda:
IO_support = 0 (default)
16-bit)
HDIO_GET_UNMASKINTR failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device
HDIO_GET_DMA failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device
HDIO_GET_KEEPSETTINGS failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device
readonly = 0 (off)
readahead = 256 (on)
geometry = 2434/255/63, sectors = 39102336, start = 0

Model=WDC WD200BB-75DEA0 , FwRev=05.03E05, SerialNo=WD-WMAD22578821
Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec SpinMotCtl Fixed DTR>5Mbs FmtGapReq }
RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=57600, SectSize=600, ECCbytes=40
BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=2048kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=?8?
CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=39102336
IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
PIO modes: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
DMA modes: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2
UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 *udma5
AdvancedPM=no WriteCache=enabled
Drive conforms to: Unspecified: ATA/ATAPI-1,2,3,4,5

* signifies the current active mode

Timing cached reads: 538 MB in 2.00 seconds = 268.76 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads: 26 MB in 3.26 seconds = 7.97 MB/sec