Adam Aube wrote:
Christopher L. Everett wrote:<snip>The problem is that these things often take 10 to 30 minutes to run on my box. When I use the GNU time utility, I see a low PCPU number, typically between 15 and 25%. CPU utilization viewed through top remains at 35% or so, and I never go deeper than a few tens of kilobytes into swap, even though the 1 minute load average climbs to 2 and higher (I've seen peak numbers around 6).Am I correct in thinking that the bottleneck lies in the HD subsystem?Yes.
So, what kind of hard drive subsystem can I run that would get me 3 to 4 times the performance that wouldn't break the bank? -- Christopher L. Everett Chief Technology Officer www.medbanner.com MedBanner, Inc. www.physemp.com