Disk benchmark (long)

[Jeff Turner]

In article <> cpcahil at virtech.UUCP (Conor P. Cahill) writes:
>For most systems the block size is 512.  For some (like
>a gould powernode) it is 1K.  If you always write it in multiples of 1K
>you satisfy both systems.

Then there are the CRAYs, large IBMs, and others that use 4KB blocks.
The best bet is to use a multiple of BUFSIZ.

-Jeff
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