March 31, 2008

I decided that I will just post the results of the tests as plain text. Sorry about the length.

Hitachi 6GB MicroDrive:
Hardware performance index: 150.09
File system performance index: 145.58
File system read test (unbuffered): 11.5x (1.67MB/Sec)
File system read test (buffered): 16.6x (2.42MB/Sec)
File system write test (unbuffered): 7.9x (1.16MB/Sec)
File system write test (buffered): 8.5x (1.25MB/Sec)
File system general test: 24.19 operations
Low level unbuffered bust read test: 10.9x (1.60MB/Sec)
Low level buffered burst read test: 51.2x (7.49MB/Sec)
Low level unbuffered burst write test: 9.1x (1.32MB/Sec)
Low level buffered burst write test: 45.9x (6.72MB/Sec)

Lexar 1GB Comapact Flash:
Hardware performance index: 221.29
File system performance index: 165.92
File system read test (unbuffered): 15.0x (2.19MB/Sec)
File system read test (buffered):17.8x (2.61MB/Sec)
File system write test (unbuffered): 7.2x (1.04MB/Sec)
File system write test (buffered):14.6x (2.13MB/Sec)
File system general test: 24.08 operations
Low level unbuffered bust read test: 13.7x (2.00MB/Sec)
Low level buffered burst read test: 72.4x (10.60MB/Sec)
Low level unbuffered burst write test: 15.8x (2.31MB/Sec)
Low level buffered burst write test: 55.3x (8.10MB/Sec)

Sandisk 512MB Ultra II Compact Flash:
Hardware performance index: 214.79
File system performance index: 147.76
File system read test (unbuffered): 15.8x (2.31MB/Sec)
File system read test (buffered): 18.9X (2.77MB/Sec)
File system write test (unbuffered): 7.5x (1.09MB/Sec)
File system write test (buffered): 17.9x (1.09MB/Sec)
File system general test: 44.98 operations
Low level unbuffered bust read test: 14.6x (2.14MB/Sec)
Low level buffered burst read test: 76.9x (11.26 MB/Sec)
Low level unbuffered burst write test: 14.0x (2.05MB/Sec)
Low level buffered burst write test: 66.6x (9.74MB/Sec)

Sandisk 2GB Ultra II SD:
Hardware performance index: 208.78
File system performance index: 217.92
File system read test (unbuffered): 16.5x (2.41MB/Sec)
File system read test (buffered): 17.5x (2.55MB/Sec)
File system write test (unbuffered): 12.6x (1.84MB/Sec)
File system write test (buffered): 15.8x (2.31MB/Sec)
File system general test: 19.43 operations
Low level unbuffered bust read test: 14.6x (2.13MB/Sec)
Low level buffered burst read test: 74.8x (10.96MB/Sec)
Low level unbuffered burst write test: 13.3x (1.94MB/Sec)
Low level buffered burst write test: 58.6x (8.58MB/Sec)

Patriot 4GB SD Card:
Hardware performance index: 190.93
File system performance index: 155.83
File system read test (unbuffered): 16.6x (2.43MB/Sec)
File system read test (buffered): 20.5x (3.00MB/Sec)
File system write test (unbuffered): 4.2x (623.65KB/Sec)
File system write test (buffered): 14.4x (2.10MB/Sec)
File system general test: 19.96 operations
Low level unbuffered bust read test: 14.3x (2.10MB/Sec)
Low level buffered burst read test: 75.5x (11.06MB/Sec)
Low level unbuffered burst write test: 11.1x (1.62MB/sec)
Low level buffered burst write test: 50.5x (7.39MB/Sec)

I really have to say, I much rather use a PDA sometimes then a laptop. While a laptop is better it's also more of a pain to carry. It such an annoying pain that I need to send it off again.

I wanted to give everyone a little heads up about some upcoming changes to this site. So here are some things that I will be doing soon. I hope everyone enjoys these changes.

1. The poll idea was a complete failure to be completely honest. There were only 5 votes and I was me. Another Vote was a friend who I showed the site to. This means that only 3 people voted. So, I guess I only have 3 people who read my site.

That is why I will not have any more polls. I will start them again, however, if people leave enough comments saying they want them back. I would make a poll but no one voted last time so I doubt anyone will on this.

2. Expect some longer entries soon. I want to start making this site more active. Maybe that is why I only got 3 votes. The site is kind of boring really. I understand that people want more stuff to read.

The standard entry is pretty much crappy stuff about me. It's just some stuff like what I did that day, the weather, and what I had for supper that day. I am going to introduce this new feature. You will be able to email me a topic for a discussed at mikeypizano@gmail.com now.

I will be keeping all the other stuff. That is in the daily entry. This stuff has become a normal thing here and I would like to leave it. It is also what I do when I don't have much of an entry for that day.

3. Here are some future topics I will be discussing on this blog.
1. My PDA history
2. Living in an iWorld (a very anti-Apple rant.)
3. The perfect...

These will be discussed at random times really. I would like to do them in a schedule but I just don't have either time or patience to keep it up. I hope everyone will enjoy these changes. I would like to make this site a more fun place.

Supper today was stuffed peppers. As I said before, I do not eat the peppers, so mine is pretty much meat balls really. Its still good though. Rain and wind tomorrow but in the 60s for once! I would love if it was going to be a nice day and my buggy worked though.