On Jan 6, 2006, at 6:42 PM, Bryan J. Smith wrote: >> Writes are slow and seem to halt the server until they >> complete, but it's not a server where response time or >> write speed is critical. > > You can play with the kernel buffer settings. It's highly > recommended for many of the 3Ware Escalade cards, including > the 9000 series. would you be willing to recommend a specific way in which i should play with the kernel buffer settings, and which ones i should play with? some systems (with a 9500 card of some sort) i support have this issue, and i'd like to address it. thanks, steve --- If this were played upon a stage now, I could condemn it as an improbable fiction. - Fabian, Twelfth Night, III,v