gustavo halperin([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > Hello I have some questions about system performances. > > By now I have the current 'hdparm' settings: -m16 -c3 -u1 -Xudma5 > Then the 'hdparm -Tt /dev/hda' show the next results: > /dev/hda: > Timing cached reads: 1376 MB in 2.00 seconds = 686.58 MB/sec > Timing buffered disk reads: 50 MB in 3.02 seconds = 16.53 MB/sec > But if the configuration is '-m0 -c0 -u0 ' the result from 'hdparm -Tt' > is the same, so there are any way to improve this Timings ?? > > Second If I set with 'hdparm' the settings '-S 12' and '-y' always after > few minutes the drive state back to 'active/idle', that is OK. > > Last, the configurations of the "performance-settings Linux VM" > (/proc/sys/vm/<files>) and the "system wide limit for file handles" > (/proc/sys/fs/file_max) can improve system behave ? How can I know what > are the best configurations ?? > It seem that you have the hdparm package installed but not the hwtools package. If you install it you can set up /etc/init.d/hwtools to retain the hdparm settings. Like
if command -v hdparm >/dev/null 2>&1; then hdparm -q -m32 -a266 -A1 -c3 -d1 -u1 -W0 -S242 /dev/hda hdparm -q -m16 -a256 -A1 -c3 -d1 -u1 -W0 -S220 /dev/hdb hdparm -q -d1 /dev/hdc true fi echo " hdparm" Hope this is what you were looking for. WT -- It is practically impossible to teach good programming style to students that have had prior exposure to BASIC: as potential programmers they are mentally mutilated beyond hope of regeneration. -- Dijkstra _______________________________________________________ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]