mseas-data2(dd_tests)% pwd
/mnt/nfs_export/projects/dri_nascar/dd_tests

Command used: dd if=/dev/zero count=4096 bs=1048576 of=zeros.txt conv=sync oflag=sync

mseas-data2(dd_tests)% ./run_dd_test.sh 
Running dd test, trial 0
4096+0 records in
4096+0 records out
4294967296 bytes (4.3 GB) copied, 21.1412 s, 203 MB/s
Running dd test, trial 1
4096+0 records in
4096+0 records out
4294967296 bytes (4.3 GB) copied, 20.1359 s, 213 MB/s
Running dd test, trial 2
4096+0 records in
4096+0 records out
4294967296 bytes (4.3 GB) copied, 20.8286 s, 206 MB/s
Running dd test, trial 3
4096+0 records in
4096+0 records out
4294967296 bytes (4.3 GB) copied, 19.9393 s, 215 MB/s
Running dd test, trial 4
4096+0 records in
4096+0 records out
4294967296 bytes (4.3 GB) copied, 21.4002 s, 201 MB/s
Running dd test, trial 5
4096+0 records in
4096+0 records out
4294967296 bytes (4.3 GB) copied, 21.5458 s, 199 MB/s
Running dd test, trial 6
4096+0 records in
4096+0 records out
4294967296 bytes (4.3 GB) copied, 19.6237 s, 219 MB/s
Running dd test, trial 7
4096+0 records in
4096+0 records out
4294967296 bytes (4.3 GB) copied, 20.0478 s, 214 MB/s
Running dd test, trial 8
4096+0 records in
4096+0 records out
4294967296 bytes (4.3 GB) copied, 21.06 s, 204 MB/s
Running dd test, trial 9
4096+0 records in
4096+0 records out
4294967296 bytes (4.3 GB) copied, 20.1727 s, 213 MB/s
Running dd test, trial 10
4096+0 records in
4096+0 records out
4294967296 bytes (4.3 GB) copied, 18.948 s, 227 MB/s
Running dd test, trial 11
4096+0 records in
4096+0 records out
4294967296 bytes (4.3 GB) copied, 20.791 s, 207 MB/s

Mean (excl. min and max): 209.5 MB/s