On Thu 27 Nov 2003 at 18:02:52 +0100, Olaf Seibert wrote:
> The number of xfers/second, as shown
> by `systat vmstat', is only around 60 while it is writing and only
> around 100 when reading. This is surprisingly low.

Could this be the trickle sync being in effect, perhaps? (in too much
effect) The free memory (as shown also by `systat vmstat') quickly
decreases while bonnie++ is writing, presumably for cached file data
before it hits the disk.

-Olaf.
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