Chris's Wiki :: blog/unix/ImportantNullsDifference Commentshttps://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/unix/ImportantNullsDifference?atomcommentsDWiki2009-03-30T03:25:29ZRecent comments in Chris's Wiki :: blog/unix/ImportantNullsDifference.By Chris Siebenmann on /blog/unix/ImportantNullsDifferencetag:CSpace:blog/unix/ImportantNullsDifference:0c2ed86d89e8cc9f281c3de0f12f4bcc80cfd52eChris Siebenmann<div class="wikitext"><p>I've now written my reasons up as <a href="https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/WhyOwnDiskBenchmark">WhyOwnDiskBenchmark</a>.</p>
</div>2009-03-30T03:25:29ZFrom 203.152.98.118 on /blog/unix/ImportantNullsDifferencetag:CSpace:blog/unix/ImportantNullsDifference:707aec2cd55d76dab18011500c78d24b790989e4From 203.152.98.118<div class="wikitext"><p>So... why do you have your own tool for measuring bulk disk performance? Don't leave us hanging! :)</p>
<p>In particular, what does it get you that something like the following (for example) doesn't get you? </p>
<p><code>dd if=/dev/zero of=/some/file bs=4M count=2500 oflag=direct </code></p>
</div>2009-03-27T02:55:10Z