With version [a9f8129c] on an ext4 file-system. Machine has 4GB main memory. 7200rpm hdd. "hdparm -t" says:

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   Timing buffered disk reads: 372 MB in  3.02 seconds = 123.38 MB/sec
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Command line is:

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   ./lsmtest speed2 -w 100000 -r 100 -f 100000 -system "mt_mode=4 multi_proc=0 autoflush=4M page_size=1024"
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Final database size is 1214MB.

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