March 2005
Beginner to intermediate
342 pages
15h 55m
English
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Boost Hard-Drive Performance #99
Chapter 11, Hardware
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#99
Boost Hard-Drive Performance Hack #99
Get the best possible performance from your IDE hardware.
To be on the safe side, your new Linux installation starts up with the least
common denominator of disk drive performance capabilities—typically
DMA-33—robbing you of 50–150% of your potential performance. Once
Linux is installed, you are free and encouraged to start tweaking the configu-
ration of your disk drive and its interface to squeeze the most of them.
Setting HDPARM parameters too aggressively—that is, in
excess of the disk controller or drive capabilities—can lead
to data loss.
It is best to test HDPARM settings on a fresh installation of
the operating system before committing any applications or
programs to the drive and prepare to back down on the set-
tings and reinstall the OS if the drive is unstable or the
HDPARM tests show erratic results or fail.
The tool needed, HDPARM, is included with the operating system (or avail-
able from your package manager). It can be adjusted manually and then put
into a startup script ...
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