The only thing I've done here to improve backup performance (and performance in general) is using hdparm to maximize IDE throughput. (Yes, I know it's evil to run servers on IDE, but it's CHEAP.)
> -----Original Message----- > From: Orion Poplawski [mailto:orion@;colorado-research.com] > Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 12:54 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Performance tuning for Linux > > > Just wondering if there is anything that should be done to > improve backup > performance under linux. I was thinking along the lines of > tape block sizes > (variabl, fixed), st driver buffer sizes, etc. The tape dump > program does > not appear to be configurable for block size at run time, > what does it use? > > Thanks! > > - Orion Poplawski >
