On Tue, 9 Dec 2003, Jason Herne wrote: > Linux is using a single 3390 DASD with ext3.
If this 3390 is ESCON-attached, 17MB/s (megaBytes/sec) is the absolute maximum data transfer speed you'll get to the disk. As Rich mentioned, you'll need to look at LVM striping (or PAV using LVM) to get higher than this. That's if DASD is the bottleneck, as Barton suggests... Hoo-roo, Vic
