Re: iostat - multiblock read count

Fabrizio wrote:
> In my opinion iostat is not the right tool for precision measurements.
> You can always go and query the /proc before and after the dd and
> calculate your own result.

Same problem here. I've quite taken to: watch --interval 5 cat /proc/partitions
and then keep an eye on the relevant columns.

> This appears too good to be true... :(

Dunno: just got 66Mb/s sustained off the Xserve! ;) Received on Fri May 27 2005 - 04:32:39 CDT