mick_w;239614 Wrote: > This is probably due to the EXT3 file system used in linux, you will > always get some drive activity even when the server is idle. > > This can be minimised by adjusting a couple of files (/etc/fstab & > /etc/syslog.conf), I've got instructions on my site: > > http://www.ulverston.myzen.co.uk/mini-itx/pages/tuning.htm#Reduce_hard_drive_activity_when_server_is_idle > > Jims tip with hdparm -B is also on there; as he indicated it is usefull > if you are using a 2.5" drive (where the heads are constantly being > parked by the advanced power management after every disk access) > > http://www.ulverston.myzen.co.uk/mini-itx/pages/tuning.htm#Stop Hard > Drive Clicking > > > These instructions were for ClarkConnect but should work fine with > Ubuntu > > Mick
My thoughts exactly, you may also want to raise your "swappiness" to lower the number of read/writes to the disk. I've had huge gains by tweaking this file, reducing disk i/o. Change to something like 60 (not sure what your default is, but that's what I changed mine to) in /proc/sys/vm/swappiness. -- sdonham ------------------------------------------------------------------------ sdonham's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7749 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=39833 _______________________________________________ unix mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/unix
