On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 12:29 AM, Herbert Graf wrote: > > Measured using dstat on linux (the command line was something like > cp /tmp/really_big_file /dev/null). You would use 'cat' or 'dd' instead of cp, since /dev/null is a file. In fact if you copy something over /dev/null it will be a normal file and strange system behavior will follow. Your speed reports are interesting. Maybe it's time for me to upgrade my RAID set. Regards, Mark markrages@gmail -- Mark Rages, Engineer Midwest Telecine LLC markrages@midwesttelecine.com -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist