On Tue, 03 Aug 2010 16:38:42 +0200 [email protected] wrote: > I just rebuild my samba file server and noticed that disklabel reports all my > hard drive's rpm at 3600 although all of them support higher speeds. How > come? Is it reported incorrectly or do I need to manually set the rpm using > disklabel to optimize the speed? Or is there another reason and I shouldn't > touch it? I'm pretty sure I read that it's always set to 3600 at default and has no effect on anything. > > Another side question I have, is there any drawback to put the OS on a slower > drive like I did there? dmesg and dislabel reports are below. > > Thanks, > Claus > >
Of course boot and samba loading speed may slow, but for running samba and with that much memory, I doubt you'll notice.

