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Re: Unipod query

From Tony Moore <old_coaster@yahoo.co.uk>
Newsgroups comp.sys.acorn.misc
Subject Re: Unipod query
Date 2012-07-25 16:40 +0000
Organization Aioe.org NNTP Server
Message-ID <a07fe6b452.old_coaster@old_coaster.yahoo.co.uk> (permalink)
References <52b09af13ccvjazz@waitrose.com>

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On 17 Jul 2012, Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> wrote:

[snip]

> Is there any speed (or other) advantage to having the main Hard Disc 4
> connected via my Unipod as opposed to the main mother board? I looked
> in Archive for an article about the Unipod and any comparative data
> but couldn't find one.

I've now been able to test my RiscPC/Unipod. Identical Seagate 40GB
ST340015A drives are installed on the motherboard ADFS, and on the
Unipod IDEFS. The results, below, were produced by HDspeed v1.30.

   Byte access test,                          ADFS    IDEFS    IDEFS
   large file size = 8 MB                    c-sec    c-sec    /ADFS

      Read 50K sequential bytes                  8.9     33.4   3.75
      Write 50K sequential bytes                41       61     1.49
      Read 500K sequential bytes               297      342     1.15
      Write 500K sequential bytes              645      631     0.98
      50 KB file read 1,000 random bytes        28      276     9.86
      50 KB file write 1,000 random bytes      358     1657     4.63
      Large file read 1,000 random bytes       950      907     0.95
      Large file write 1,000 random bytes     2711     1650     0.61
                                                       Mean     2.93

   Block Load/Save,                           ADFS    IDEFS    IDEFS
   large file size = 8 MB                   KB/sec   KB/sec    /ADFS

      Save 50Kb file                           956     1543     1.61
      Load 50Kb file                          1515     1612     1.06
      Save large block file                   1624     2507     1.54
      Load large block file                   1890     2832     1.50
      Save/load 50 KB file                    1179     1865     1.58
      Save/load 512 KB file                   1473     2216     1.50
      Save/load large block file              1743     2661     1.53
                                                       Mean     1.48

The first group of tests show that, for byte access, IDEFS is, on
average, more than 60% _slower_ than ADFS.

The second group of tests show that, for load/save operations, IDEFS is,
on average, about 50% faster than ADFS.

Tony


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Unipod query Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> - 2012-07-17 09:30 +0100
  Re: Unipod query "David Holden" <SpamBin@apdl.co.uk> - 2012-07-17 09:06 +0000
    Re: Unipod query Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> - 2012-07-17 17:34 +0100
      Re: Unipod query Brian Carroll <bric-nospam@argonet.co.uk> - 2012-07-17 20:05 +0100
        Re: Unipod query Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> - 2012-07-18 12:56 +0100
          Resurrected RiscPC Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> - 2012-07-21 00:31 +0100
            Re: Resurrected RiscPC "David Holden" <SpamBin@apdl.co.uk> - 2012-07-21 05:39 +0000
              Re: Resurrected RiscPC Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> - 2012-07-21 12:29 +0100
                Re: Resurrected RiscPC "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-07-21 14:05 +0100
                Re: Resurrected RiscPC Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> - 2012-07-21 18:09 +0100
                Re: Resurrected RiscPC Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> - 2012-07-21 18:56 +0100
                Re: Resurrected RiscPC "Bruce Goatly" <ss4@goatly.co.uk> - 2012-07-21 19:19 +0100
                Re: Resurrected RiscPC "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-07-21 20:26 +0100
                Re: Resurrected RiscPC Stuart <Spambin@argonet.co.uk> - 2012-07-22 14:46 +0100
                Re: Resurrected RiscPC Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> - 2012-07-21 21:39 +0100
                Re: Resurrected RiscPC Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> - 2012-07-22 13:53 +0100
                Re: Resurrected RiscPC "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-07-22 15:09 +0100
                Re: Resurrected RiscPC Fred Bambrough <fred@[127.0.0.1]> - 2012-07-23 16:36 +0100
                Re: Resurrected RiscPC "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-07-21 20:22 +0100
                Re: Resurrected RiscPC Brian Howlett <news-spamtrap@brianhowlett.me.uk> - 2012-07-22 10:03 +0100
                Re: Resurrected RiscPC "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-07-22 11:09 +0100
              Re: Resurrected RiscPC Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> - 2012-07-23 11:29 +0100
                Re: Resurrected RiscPC John Sandford <lists@thesandfords.me.uk> - 2012-07-23 16:28 +0100
                Re: Resurrected RiscPC Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> - 2012-07-23 18:27 +0100
                Re: Resurrected RiscPC Steve Fryatt <news@stevefryatt.org.uk> - 2012-07-23 20:38 +0100
                Re: Resurrected RiscPC Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> - 2012-07-23 22:25 +0100
                Re: Resurrected RiscPC "David Holden" <SpamBin@apdl.co.uk> - 2012-07-24 06:03 +0000
                Re: Resurrected RiscPC spampling <spam.pling@btinternet.com> - 2012-07-24 07:49 +0100
                Re: Resurrected RiscPC Stuart <Spambin@argonet.co.uk> - 2012-07-24 12:23 +0100
                Re: Resurrected RiscPC Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> - 2012-07-24 21:08 +0100
                Re: Resurrected RiscPC Dave Higton <dave@davehigton.me.uk> - 2012-07-24 22:05 +0100
                Re: Resurrected RiscPC Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> - 2012-07-24 22:36 +0100
  Re: Unipod query Tony Moore <old_coaster@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-07-25 16:40 +0000
    Re: Unipod query "David Holden" <SpamBin@apdl.co.uk> - 2012-07-26 08:34 +0000
      Re: Unipod query "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-07-26 10:22 +0100
      Re: Unipod query Tony Moore <old_coaster@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-07-26 10:15 +0000
    Re: Unipod query Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> - 2012-07-26 10:22 +0100

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