Re: [newbie] DMA ??'s

1999-10-05 Thread Steve Philp
Tom Brinkman wrote: On Mon, 04 Oct 1999, you wrote: Tom Brinkman wrote: /dev/hdb: [8.4g WD Caviar, Mdk 6.0 and swap are on the first 3g's. Timing buffer-cache reads: 128 MB in 1.01 seconds =126.73 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 12.62 seconds = 5.07 MB/sec

Re: [newbie] DMA ??'s

1999-10-05 Thread Jones
On Mon, 04 Oct 1999, you wrote: reading this made me realize that i have no idea about how to do system optimization. i will definately look into this 'hdparm'. do you know of any howtos or such on system opt? it would be interesting if someone gave a list of what you need to do to get

Re: [newbie] DMA ??'s

1999-10-04 Thread Steve Philp
Tom Brinkman wrote: /dev/hdb: [8.4g WD Caviar, Mdk 6.0 and swap are on the first 3g's. Timing buffer-cache reads: 128 MB in 1.01 seconds =126.73 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 12.62 seconds = 5.07 MB/sec Looks sane... hdparm v: /dev/hdb: multcount= 0 (off)

Re: [newbie] DMA ??'s

1999-10-04 Thread pete moss
reading this made me realize that i have no idea about how to do system optimization. i will definately look into this 'hdparm'. do you know of any howtos or such on system opt? it would be interesting if someone gave a list of what you need to do to get your system in tip-top shape. :P