The linux version was released today.. it worked for my laptop's 2 month old 240gb version:
Before:
Code:
$ sudo hdparm -Tt /dev/sda
/dev/sda:
Timing cached reads: 14578 MB in 2.00 seconds = 7294.11 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads: 978 MB in 3.00 seconds = 325.70 MB/sec
After:
Code:
$ sudo hdparm -Tt /dev/sda
/dev/sda:
Timing cached reads: 19778 MB in 2.00 seconds = 9898.08 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads: 1492 MB in 3.00 seconds = 496.89 MB/sec
However, it didn't seem to make any difference to my 9 month old 120gb version in my desktop.
Before:
Code:
$sudo hdparm -Tt /dev/sda
/dev/sda:
Timing cached reads: 19572 MB in 2.00 seconds = 9792.57 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads: 616 MB in 3.23 seconds = 190.83 MB/sec
After:
Code:
sudo hdparm -Tt /dev/sda
/dev/sda:
Timing cached reads: 20368 MB in 2.00 seconds = 10191.72 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads: 664 MB in 3.00 seconds = 220.97 MB/sec
While it's made a slight difference the performance isn't where it should be. Is it safe to run this tool more than once?