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Date:      Thu, 15 Mar 2001 22:04:21 -0600
From:      Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>
To:        javor.evstatiev@blue-c.com
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: poor scsi hd performance
Message-ID:  <15025.37061.222426.584514@guru.mired.org>
In-Reply-To: <49953685@toto.iv>

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javor.evstatiev@blue-c.com types:
> Hi!
> 
> I got my fingers on a recent compaq proliant 1600 (640M/p3xeon700/7200rpm
> scsii) for a web server. Choice was Linux or BSD, and I decided to try
> FreeBSD :)This is how it looks like:
> 
> bash-2.04# dmesg | grep da0
> Mounting root from ufs:/dev/da0s1a
> da0 at sym1 bus 0 target 0 lun 0
> da0: <COMPAQ BD0186349B 3B11> Fixed Direct Access SCSI-2 device
> da0: 80.000MB/s transfers (40.000MHz, offset 31, 16bit), Tagged Queueing
> Enabled
> da0: 17365MB (35565080 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 2213C)
> 
> bash-2.04# camcontrol negotiate da0
> Current Parameters:
> (pass0:sym1:0:0:0): sync parameter: 10
> (pass0:sym1:0:0:0): frequency: 40.000MHz
> (pass0:sym1:0:0:0): offset: 31
> (pass0:sym1:0:0:0): bus width: 16 bits
> (pass0:sym1:0:0:0): disconnection is enabled
> (pass0:sym1:0:0:0): tagged queueing is enabled
> 
> so, now, something from the daily life:
> 
> bash-2.04# time tar xzf apache_1.3.19.tar.gz
> 
> real    0m8.723s
> user    0m0.267s
> sys     0m0.216s
> 
> I can't believe it should take 9 secs to decompress a 2 meg tarfile :( All
> linux boxes are faster - even the IDE based desktops...
> 
> Any ideas what/how to tune ? Thx 4 any info in advance!

Well, the easiest way to improve performance is the way Linux ext2fs
does it, and mount the file systems async. If the warning in the mount
man page deters you, the safer way is to enabled suftupdates on the
file system. The "tunefs" man page for information on that.

	<mike
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Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>			http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/
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