A method for determining storage medium transfer rate characteristics. A host computer system issues a sequence of read commands to a storage medium to determine an accurate mapping of differences in transfer rate characteristics. For example, the host issues a sequence of relatively large reads to the...http://www.google.fr/patents/US7536504?utm_source=gb-gplus-shareBrevet US7536504 - Online storage medium transfer rate characteristics determination
Online storage medium transfer rate characteristics determination