> It works for some time now but I would not be sad if it would be faster :-)
> 
> How do I find out what the fastest settings are?
> 
> alice# bonnie
> File './Bonnie.19700', size: 104857600
> Writing with putc()...done
> Rewriting...done
> Writing intelligently...done
> Reading with getc()...done
> Reading intelligently...done
> Seeker 1...Seeker 2...Seeker 3...start 'em...done...done...done...
>               -------Sequential Output-------- ---Sequential Input-- --Random--
>               -Per Char- --Block--- -Rewrite-- -Per Char- --Block--- --Seeks---
> Machine    MB K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU  /sec %CPU
>           100  5429 97.1 12067 26.1  3429 12.2  4547 97.8 12809 20.1  96.0  3.1

dmesg output would help, but your numbers aren't too bad IMHO

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