Re: xen hosting providers recommendation.

[marcotte%panix.com@localhost (Brian Marcotte)]

>dd if=/dev/xbd0d of=/dev/null bs=128k
>^T after a while showed:
>77201408 bytes transferred in 82.801 secs (932372 bytes/sec)

Using the block device will be slower. Also, I find 64k to be the best
block size. Try this instead (note the "r" before "xbd"):

        dd if=/dev/rxbd0d of=/dev/null bs=64k

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- Brian