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List:       linux-newbie
Subject:    Re: Parallel I/O??
From:       Matthew Frederico <matt () ultrize ! com>
Date:       2004-06-30 22:48:02
Message-ID: 1088635682.3022.1.camel () cs68206114-130 ! stx ! rr ! com
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On Wed, 2004-06-30 at 17:06, Gosselin, Mark wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> Just a shot that someone might have read the same article I did. I read somewhere \
> that there is a way to increase I/O  to IDE drives by using sysctl to set parallel \
> I/O on or off... Is anyone familiar with this concept. If so, what's the proper  \
> syntax for an entry in the /etc/sysctl.conf file to enable such an animal??? I'm \
> running Red Hat Linux... on an IBM  desktop. Will gladly provide more info if \
> needed...

I believe you are looking for /sbin/hdparm
# /sbin/hdparm --help

You'll see all the settings you can tweak.

# /sbin/hdparm -tT /dev/hda 
will give you a quick diagnostic of throughput.

Regards,

Matthew Frederico

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