On a default Redhat 7.1 install I found that adding
-m 16 to the hdparm command also provided some additional performance gains :)
On Friday 06 July 2001 8:30 am, Murat Yildizoglu wrote:
> If you do more than one tests (3-4) you will see that the
> performance increse is quite significant. Just put the
>
> hdparm -c 3 /dev/hda
>
> command in your rc.local (see my original mail).
>
> Good luck
>
> Murat
>
> On 6 Jul 2001, at 19:24, Adalberto Manlio Donati wrote:
> > I tested it and it made the access a bit faster (was 64 Mb in 5,44s
> > =11.76 MB/sec is 64Mb in 4,89s=13,09Mb/s)
> >
> > Is it worth?
> >
> > And if it is, how can I say linux to execute hdparm at every start?
> >
> >
> > THank you,
> >
> > Adalberto
> >
> > Il 17:27, gioved� 5 luglio 2001, hai scritto:
> > > On Thursday 05 July 2001 12:45 pm, Bill Gurley may or may not have
written:
> > > > Note especially that last sentence. Most of us are using an
> > > > EIDE interface built into the motherboard, so I don't see
> > > > how this would have any effect. I haven't tried it; maybe
> > > > I'm wrong? The thing to do would be to run a benchmark
> > > > utility before and after.
> > >
> > > hdparm -t /dev/hda
> > >
> > > before and after for quick benchmarks.
> > >
> > > http://plug.twuug.org/need_speed.shtml
> > >
> > > Hoyt
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