Re: Raid 1 install revealed poor HD performance (I think)

[Jay Strauss <me@heyjay.com>]

> I was sure it would be DMA too :-). Wonder if multicount makes that much
> of a difference?

It doesn't, I tried just before leaving this morning.  No diff.

> 
> Either way, one of the first things I typically do on a server is add an
> hdparm line with whatever the disks need for that particular machine.

I don't understand the above "whatever the disks need" portion of this 
statement.  Can you give me a little more detail?

> So, even if you can't get your distribution to tune your IDE chipset and
> IDE hard drives perfectly, with something like multicount or write
> caching, its effective (IMHO) to just force your settings on boot.

What settings am I to force?  And to what values?  I guess I'm asking, 
are you saying just put the hdparm setting in a rc.local?  If so, I'm 
still stumped on what those settings need to be

Thanks
Jay