On Sat, Sep 28, 2013 at 10:35:16AM +0200, Job Hanssen wrote:
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>From dmesg it seems to me, that my sata-drives are not used at their most
attainable speed. Am I correct in my understanding from dmesg? Is there any
way I can be sure of this, rather than "the system feels sluggish"?
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wd1: drive supports PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2, Ultra-DMA mode 6 (Ultra/133)
wd1(ahcisata0:1:0): using PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2, Ultra-DMA mode 6
(Ultra/133) (using DMA)
The second line matches the first line, so it looks to me as though the
drive is attaching with maximum capability. Were you expecting a
different "supports" line?