3 ms·MySQL Disk Benchmarks with Sysbench. When will mySQL / INNODB stop scaling? 9 points by qhoxie 18y agogopher 18y agoFirst, hard disks are written from outside to inside making them faster in the beginning and second, linear IO does not count for databases.thwarted 18y agoI'll let Calvin's dad speak to that. http://www.dailyfiber.net/calvin.php?n=1661 http://www.dailyfiber.net/calvin.php?n=1661