In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jacob Yocom-Piatt wrote: > Machine Size K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP > databank.xxxxx 300M 18877 91 22440 71 11985 77 20317 75 30745 68
------------------^^^^ You have a 150MB (roughly) machine? > processor and 1 GB of 400 MHz DDR2 RAM on i386 4.0-release. Oh, nope. > if there is anything further that i can do to up the write and read > speeds of these drives besides what i've mentioned above, please let me > know. Use a larger test case to test your hypothesis. > using 4256 buffers containing 53764096 bytes (52504K) of memory So, out of your 300MB test, 52MB was likely cached in various ways. That being said, svnd/vnd devices have not really been optimized for speed. They are there and work, but could likely stand to be changed and developed significantly. -- [100~Plax]sb16i0A2172656B63616820636420726568746F6E61207473754A[dZ1!=b]salax