This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C35A04.A659BFF0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable >I remember some talk a while ago about different filesystems and their=20 >performance. All my partitions are formatted as reiserfs and I get=20 >terrible performance. I've done tons of tests, bought a 7200 RPM drive, = >bought more ram, worked with buffer sizes... So I'm assuming that I = need=20 >to format my drive as another filesystem. ReiserFS is very fast filesystem, but there's alot more to it than just = what file system you're using. You may want to consider several things: = 1) what is your hdparm set to? 2) Do you have the proper support for = your chipset compiled into the kernel? Just because it works doesn't = mean it's set up properly. 3) Is it a brand new type of controller? The = drivers for it may still be a work in progress and they may not = currently function the greatest. (SATA controllers on Nvidia chipsets = for instance) 4) There are other factors to consider in disk speed than = RPM, for example what size cache does it have and what is it's seek = time? 5) What other processes are running and what kind of load are they = putting on your hard drive. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C35A04.A659BFF0 Content-Type: application/ms-tnef; name="winmail.dat" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 eJ8+IiAVAQaQCAAEAAAAAAABAAEAAQeQBgAIAAAA5AQAAAAAAADoAAEIgAcAGAAAAElQTS5NaWNy b3NvZnQgTWFpbC5Ob3RlADEIAQ2ABAACAAAAAgACAAEEgAEALgAAAFJFOiBbbGludXgtYXVkaW8t dXNlcl0gZmlsZXN5c3RlbSBwZXJmb3JtYW5jZQAbEQEFgAMADgAAANMHCAADABAAEQAfAAAAJQEB IIADAA4AAADTBwgAAwAQABEAHwAAACUBAQmAAQAhAAAAQUY0NzcwRTJDRkY3OUY0RTgwNDRFNDlD QzE0Nzc3QTAAUQcBA5AGAKgKAAA3AAAAAwAmAAAAAAADADYAAAAAAEAAOQDwv1mmBFrDAR4APQAB AAAABQAAAFJFOiAAAAAAAgFHAAEAAAA6AAAAYz1VUzthPSA7cD1Kb2huIEJyb3duIFVuaXZlO2w9 RVhDSEFOR0UtMDMwODAzMjExNzMxWi0xMjA2AAAAHgBJAAEAAAAqAAAAW2xpbnV4LWF1ZGlvLXVz ZXJdIGZpbGVzeXN0ZW0gcGVyZm9ybWFuY2UAAABAAE4AAKnNVbVZwwEeAFoAAQAAAAsAAABMaW51 eE1lZGlhAAACAVsAAQAAAEEAAAAAAAAAgSsfpL6jEBmdbgDdAQ9UAgAAAABMaW51eE1lZGlhAFNN VFAAbGludXhtZWRpYTRAbmV0c2NhcGUubmV0AAAAAAIBXAABAAAAHgAAAFNNVFA6TElOVVhNRURJ QTRATkVUU0NBUEUuTkVUAAAAHgBdAAEAAAALAAAATGludXhNZWRpYQAAAgFeAAEAAABBAAAAAAAA AIErH6S+oxAZnW4A3QEPVAIAAAAATGludXhNZWRpYQBTTVRQAGxpbnV4bWVkaWE0QG5ldHNjYXBl Lm5ldAAAAAACAV8AAQAAAB4AAABTTVRQOkxJTlVYTUVESUE0QE5FVFNDQVBFLk5FVAAAAB4AZgAB AAAABQAAAFNNVFAAAAAAHgBnAAEAAAAZAAAAbGludXhtZWRpYTRAbmV0c2NhcGUubmV0AAAAAB4A aAABAAAABQAAAFNNVFAAAAAAHgBpAAEAAAAZAAAAbGludXhtZWRpYTRAbmV0c2NhcGUubmV0AAAA AB4AcAABAAAAKgAAAFtsaW51eC1hdWRpby11c2VyXSBmaWxlc3lzdGVtIHBlcmZvcm1hbmNlAAAA AgFxAAEAAAAbAAAAAcNZtdZJAF0Ex51PRH+j6ZgkMJ7cnAATVzkOAB4AdAABAAAAJAAAAGxpbnV4 LWF1ZGlvLXVzZXJAbXVzaWMuY29sdW1iaWEuZWR1AB4AGgwBAAAADgAAAFJldWJlbiBNYXJ0aW4A AAAeAB0OAQAAACoAAABbbGludXgtYXVkaW8tdXNlcl0gZmlsZXN5c3RlbSBwZXJmb3JtYW5jZQAA AAIBCRABAAAAwAMAALwDAABeBQAATFpGdROtDE8DAAoAcmNwZzEyNeIyA0N0ZXgFQQEDAff/CoAC pAPkBxMCgA/zAFAEVj8IVQeyESUOUQMBAgBjaOEKwHNldDIGAAbDESX2MwRGE7cwEiwRMwjvCfe2 OxgfDjA1ESIMYGMAUPMLCQFkMzYWUAumCuMKhPEdNj5JIBggB4AG0BKBEnMDcGUgAZBsayAwYSB3 aAMQHwBhZ1ZvH2AG4HUFQGQGkGYXBJAJ8AVAZh+xc3lzLQ6wbQQgAHBkHxBoZbZpCtQd8XAEkAIQ cgOBKGNlLhDAbAMgbXnyIAqxdGkkcAIgIdEYIP8hICNCAkAJgB9gBCAYIAQAdyMRIdQeIGcUICKG DrByjwUQAmAfACMLSSd2HwDOZAIgHwEksm9mHxAHkJB0cywgIEFnaAVAxx9wAcEWUFJQTSCABRA/ KSAqcB21KpUEYCUBcmHqbSpwdwWwayWhA/AiME0qgHUgsh7AaXoHkC4vLyAGACAQKQBtJcFzdfpt C4BnIiElcCbBKXAloX8nNiAQJTQkAiuzJcIAcG9XIjEFwCE4Lhz6UiYTRqsF8AQAICkgciQgZiXQ zyEaKnEgYTMiZSch0RewnyzlMZEkgDBSA6BqdTYRnx+QMIEhMh7AIYMgeQhg3iclATkgMCEjsFkI YCQA+mEkIHcAcDchIBAFoACBewSBHsBlNaEHQCIhMCFz8DogMSk5VDVxOnEFwDxoZAqxL7AUESmR PyC6Mj3wRCAQOnE+0GEpIR8iMSQwA2AjAR7AdXBwfxfBJSI+hBPQBSA/UgWgbf5wH7EiEAuAMZFA wi3QBKA0ZWw/sEo5Ih6QY2F/OSAfADiRLaIEIClQB5Bu+ics4WUDkSSAN5E/UkGAqUD1bHkjsDM9 8EkEIHs4kR9wYi1QIgEpcAfgdO55IwAp4jxRdANgI+AEkP0/sFRA0SuzFABB4ziRO5L/IZADEAMg HpAfYi2xQ4FA8v8JwQQRIfUkIDuSMwE8QAhw9yDiR/AhIHUjgCSSQLMJwQclcCoxI7AoU0FUQedJ +SnRA6BOdjyQBzBCdt9LZQCAAZAjgT3wND3wSsH/JQEk8jMVANApoEtRPCpNMfUgkHMfUHMjACWh OMMrcf8qcEHyDsAtYAtQHwA5Yy7S/zxAANBK0kYROIJAcyHyPha9RtVlH1AkcAeAP7A1PfD+VzBy MxRBASOQBBAHkSTy3nJPsAMAMDFax2sLgCIQuynxF7BhJbE4Mk5CcCBgfyRwMDFQAT6UCxErpDQV fQFi0B4ANRABAAAAOgAAADwwMTQxRDhFNUVDOTQ3MDQ3OUExOTUwNDhCNDQwNjhGMjNFRTIxOEBl eGNoYW5nZS5qYnUuZWR1PgAAAB4ARxABAAAADwAAAG1lc3NhZ2UvcmZjODIyAAALAPIQAQAAAB8A 8xABAAAAaAAAAFIARQAlADMAQQAgAFsAbABpAG4AdQB4AC0AYQB1AGQAaQBvAC0AdQBzAGUAcgBd ACAAZgBpAGwAZQBzAHkAcwB0AGUAbQAgAHAAZQByAGYAbwByAG0AYQBuAGMAZQAuAEUATQBMAAAA CwD2EAAAAABAAAcwyD0tMwNawwFAAAgwSCJcpgRawwEDAN4/5AQAAAMA8T8JBAAAHgD4PwEAAAAO AAAAUmV1YmVuIE1hcnRpbgAAAAIB+T8BAAAAYAAAAAAAAADcp0DIwEIQGrS5CAArL+GCAQAAAAAA AAAvTz1KT0hOIEJST1dOIFVOSVZFUlNJVFkvT1U9U0lMT0FNIFNQUklOR1MvQ049UkVDSVBJRU5U Uy9DTj1NQVJUSU5SAB4A+j8BAAAAFQAAAFN5c3RlbSBBZG1pbmlzdHJhdG9yAAAAAAIB+z8BAAAA HgAAAAAAAADcp0DIwEIQGrS5CAArL+GCAQAAAAAAAAAuAAAAAwD9P+QEAAADABlAAAAAAAMAGkAA AAAAAwAdQAAAAAADAB5AAAAAAB4AMEABAAAACAAAAE1BUlRJTlIAHgAxQAEAAAAIAAAATUFSVElO UgAeADJAAQAAABkAAABsaW51eG1lZGlhNEBuZXRzY2FwZS5uZXQAAAAAHgAzQAEAAAAZAAAAbGlu dXhtZWRpYTRAbmV0c2NhcGUubmV0AAAAAB4AOEABAAAACAAAAE1BUlRJTlIAHgA5QAEAAAACAAAA LgAAAAsAKQAAAAAACwAjAAAAAAADAAYQObDUawMABxBPAwAAAwAQEAEAAAADABEQAQAAAB4ACBAB AAAAZQAAAElSRU1FTUJFUlNPTUVUQUxLQVdISUxFQUdPQUJPVVRESUZGRVJFTlRGSUxFU1lTVEVN U0FORFRIRUlSUEVSRk9STUFOQ0VBTExNWVBBUlRJVElPTlNBUkVGT1JNQVRURURBU1IAAAAAAgF/ AAEAAAA6AAAAPDAxNDFEOEU1RUM5NDcwNDc5QTE5NTA0OEI0NDA2OEYyM0VFMjE4QGV4Y2hhbmdl LmpidS5lZHU+AAAAt7E= ------_=_NextPart_001_01C35A04.A659BFF0--
