On Thursday 27 May 2010 17:29:26 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Thu, 27 May 2010 16:22:11 +0100, Mick wrote: > > Newer machines invariably have SATA drives: > > > > Do I need to emerge hdparm for such a drive? > > % whatis hdparm > hdparm (8) - get/set SATA/ATA device parameters > > SATA is still ATA, using the same basic command set but over a different > wire.
Yes, hdparm will work with my drive, but the question is would I have a benefit using it? Other than what Paul said, is there another benefit e.g. speed wise that I could derive from using hdparm, or is the kernel on its own enough to optimise the performance of the drive? -- Regards, Mick
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