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 - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html