Re: Hard Drive Optimization

[Richard Mittendorfer <delist@gmx.net>]

Also sprach Ritesh Raj Sarraf <riteshsarraf@users.sourceforge.net> (Sun,
29 May 2005 15:51:19 +0530):
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> Hello Everybody,

hi.

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> Is it better to use multcount, unmaskirq and IO_support in 32-bit ?

depends on your drive. usually -m16 -c1 -u1 gives better performance,
however, there are controllers/drives that won't work well with these
settings enabled. if your controller/drive support dma enable it with
-d1. you can test performance with the hdparm -tT option or more precise
with tools like bonnie. 

look into the hdparm manpage for more info - remember: man is your
friend ;)

sl ritch