* Re: [gentoo-user] Very bad system response
@ 2007-02-08 10:29 99% ` Michael Schreckenbauer
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From: Michael Schreckenbauer @ 2007-02-08 10:29 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
Hi,
Am Mittwoch, 7. Februar 2007 21:19 schrieb Hemmann, Volker Armin:
> On Mittwoch, 7. Februar 2007, Michael Schreckenbauer wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Am Mittwoch, 7. Februar 2007 12:35 schrieb Benno Schulenberg:
> > > Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote:
> > > > hdparm /dev/hda
> > > >
> > > > /dev/hda:
> > > > multcount = 16 (on)
> > > > IO_support = 1 (32-bit)
> > > > unmaskirq = 1 (on)
> > > > using_dma = 1 (on)
> > > > keepsettings = 0 (off)
> > > > readonly = 0 (off)
> > > > readahead = 256 (on)
> > > > geometry = 16383/255/63, sectors = 234493056, start = 0
> > >
> > > Maybe set readahead to a smaller value? Something like 8 or 16?
> > >
> > > At least that's what http://linuxgazette.net/issue79/punk.html
> > > advises. If you have specific reasons for the higher value, then
> > > please elaborate.
>
> it is a default setting I never touched?
> Aside from 'IO_support' everything is default.
same here.
> Oh, and I tried different io-scheds without any success.
anticipatory and deadline work better for me, but far from perfect. cfq is
unusable.
> > I believe there is a misunderstanding here. I am the one with the problem
> > not Volker :)
> we have both similar problems ;)
Ah! Nice to hear I am not alone! *g*
googling around, I found some people having a similar problem too, all of them
are using xfs as I do (eg http://www.thisishull.net/showthread.php?t=219580).
What's your fs? Mounting with nobarrier didn't work for me :(
Regards,
Michael
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