29 May
2003
29 May
'03
12:59 a.m.
On Wednesday 28 May 2003 11:26 am, Keith Watson wrote:
Has anyone experimented with this command?
Yes
Did it speed up your system much?
No
Anyone had any bad experiences?
No
Anyone got any recommendations for parameter settings?
Use -t to find currently achievable data transfer rate. Properly set up systems return figures in the 20 to 50MByte/s range
Use -I to find info about drive and settings available. Those with a * against are current.
Most distros set hd up for optimum without user intervention unless htere is a kernel bug (as in rh7.3). If -t returns a reasonable value then leave alone.
Ian