> Unlikely to make up the difference is the scheduler. Parallel fs's > like XFS don't perform nearly as well with CFQ, so you should have a > kernel parameter elevator=noop. uh… how can the filesystem chosen be relevant to the disk elevator? CFQ will try to optimize access to reduce seeks and should be completely independent on the filesystem used on top. Also, if you really want to disable CFQ (which you shouldn't do on rotating rust, IMO), better use deadline (which is default on newer kernels). Vennlige hilsener / Best regards roy -- Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk (+47) 98013356 roy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://blogg.karlsbakk.net/ GPG Public key: http://karlsbakk.net/roysigurdkarlsbakk.pubkey.txt -- I all pedagogikk er det essensielt at pensum presenteres intelligibelt. Det er et elementært imperativ for alle pedagoger å unngå eksessiv anvendelse av idiomer med xenotyp etymologi. I de fleste tilfeller eksisterer adekvate og relevante synonymer på norsk. -- 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