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- This program creates a temporary contiguous scratch file.
- It then executes single large block reads and writes,
- measuring the time and converting to Kilobytes per Second.
- Seeks are restricted to a single volume (partition) on a
- drive. A volume that is smaller than the total drive will
- yield noticeably smaller seek times than the drive specification.
- (This is another advantage of partitioning hard drives.)
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- NOTE: Total time for a disk transfer is:
- T = Seek Time + Latency + Data size/transfer speed
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- Latency is the time for data to rotate under the heads.
- (On average, this is 1/2 the disk revolution time).
- Average seek times are measured by reading 200 random
- locations within the selected volume.
- Maximum seek times are measured by reading the first
- and last location within the selected volume.
- Data Transfer Speed measures how fast data is transferred
- between your drive and the Mac once the drive gets there.
- (transfer times vary depending on the drive/Mac combination)
- Simulated System measures how fast a sequence of randomly
- selected, yet typical, disk transfers take. The transfers
- invlove a small number of single block requests (system
- resources) folowed by a number of 1-32 block requests
- (application requests). The number reported, the "effective
- transfer rate," is lower than read/write rates since seek
- and latency times are included in the calculation.
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- BONUS: The data read during Read Transfer rate measurements
- is checked against the known random data written. This
- thoroughly tests the reliability of storing and retrieving data
- on the selected volume.
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