On 10/15/05, Deepak Naidu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > I am running FreeBSD 5.4 on SunFire v20 on single > hard disk 73 GB... > > I googled down some links regarding increasing IO > performance. It said increase vfs.read_max from 8 to > 16. I have done that, but cant justify any > improvement, as I am running mailserver(spam checker). > Should I revert to 8 or use 16. > > Have any one tried or is it recommended. > > Also, how do I enable hyperthearding, does it improve > performance... > > Link: > http://www.mail-archive.com/freebsd-performance@freebsd.org/msg00144.html > > Cheers, > Deepak Naidu > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > How much free photo storage do you get? Store your holiday > snaps for FREE with Yahoo! Photos http://uk.photos.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > >
Think about upgrading to 6.0-RC1, its disk performance is great. Hyperthreading will probably bring you more problems, than performance. If you don't run very intensive virus scanning, you don't need it. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
