Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 14 Nov 2001 11:35:53 +0100 (CET) | From | Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk <> | Subject | Re: Tuning Linux for high-speed disk subsystems |
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> this isn't quite true. use either the RH kernel, the -ac series, or the > attached patch (for 2.4.15-pre4). Then set /proc/sys/vm/max-readahead to 511 or > 1023 (power of 2 minus 1) > > this should allow you to generate large enough io's for streaming reads to do > what you are looking for.
How does this work when using software RAID-0 or 5? -- Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk, MCSE, MCNE, CLS, LCA
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