Difference between revisions of "Disk Speed Test"
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| − | dd if=/dev/zero bs=1M count=2048 2>/dev/null | pv | dd of=$testpath/ddfile 2> | + | dd if=/dev/zero bs=1M count=2048 2>/dev/null | pv | dd of=$testpath/ddfile 2>&1 | grep copied |
sync | sync | ||
echo "Read Test" | echo "Read Test" | ||
| − | cat $testpath/ddfile | pv > /dev/null | + | cat $testpath/ddfile | pv > /dev/null |
rm -f $testpath/ddfile | rm -f $testpath/ddfile | ||
Revision as of 19:13, 14 June 2011
Contents
Overview
Runs hdparm -t, seeker and Nates dd script.
By default each test is run 3 times to get a good running average.
Outputs are cleaned up to provide usable information
For Nates dd test you will need to have the drive mounted and listed in fstab
Script
[javascript,n]
- !/bin/bash
testpath=`grep $1 /etc/fstab | awk '{print $2}'` testcount=3
echo "Testing hdparm -t $1" for i in `seq 1 $testcount`; do hdparm -t $1 | grep "Timing" done
echo "Testing seeker $1" for i in `seq 1 $testcount`; do seeker $1 | grep "Results" done
echo "Testing DD pv" for i in `seq 1 $testcount`; do sync echo "Write Test" dd if=/dev/zero bs=1M count=2048 2>/dev/null | pv | dd of=$testpath/ddfile 2>&1 | grep copied
sync echo "Read Test" cat $testpath/ddfile | pv > /dev/null
rm -f $testpath/ddfile done
Usage
[bash,n]
sh hdtest <drive path>
What to change
testcount This should be set to the number of times you want this test to run.
