Re: SCSI tape access on 2.6 kernels?

Patrick Mansfield
2006-01-24T20:23:40Z

On Tue, Jan 24, 2006 at 12:52:36PM -0500, Chip Coldwell wrote:

> Put
>
> options st try_direct_io=0

>
> in /etc/modprobe.conf. Direct I/O defeats read-ahead, and
> significantly (factor of >5) degrates read performance. I don't know
> about writes.

For tape???

-- Patrick Mansfield