Inconsistent IO performance

[TJ Varghese]

> The deviation in your disk I/O isn't a major surprise (to me anyway),
> given the system specs.  What *does* surprise me is your abysmal I/O
> speeds in general.  18MB/sec min, 24MB/sec max?!  ICH6-M can do a lot
> more than that.  Something isn't right.
>
>
it's possible that the hw is...suboptimal. From a 2005 post,

http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=13036&start=0

Check out the link to the hddbenchmark,
http://img57.imageshack.us/img57/6430/hddbenchmark1no.jpg

regards,
TJ