Linux Hard Drive tweaking

[Beeblequix]

Here's a nifty tutorial on how to increase your hard drive performance under Linux:
http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2000/06/29/hdparm.html

I guess Linux installs itself in the most stable way it can, most likely to insure compatability for older hardware. This gent increased his throughput immensely. Hope it's useful to someone.

ßeeßle Qµ!x

[BFlurie]

I stick my hdparm tweaking command at the bottom of /etc/rc.d/rc.local file.

The newest kernel (I use 2.4.19) does alot better than older kernels w/HD performance. Dunno 'bout 2.5.x kernels since they're still betas. Enabling the unmask irq option causes my CDRom to crash on one box, but not another.

Note that hdparm -t is raw thru-put -- your Linux file-system type also has a big influence on actual file-system speed. Reiserfs is the fastest on my boxes.