Jay Strauss <me@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > 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? He means that you set them up the way you want to. Use hdparm. -i or -I or -v should show you what modes they are in now. Pay particular attention to the dma mode. > What settings am I to force? And to what values? I guess I'm asking, Whatever you like, and whatever turns out to be best. Peter - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html