Kevin, thanks for the reply. I won't mess with the rpm value then. Although, I did see some dmesg on the internet that had higher rpm values.
I'm not worried about the boot speed of the samba server. All that matters is the file access and data transfer speed. -------- Original-Nachricht -------- > Datum: Tue, 3 Aug 2010 16:50:45 +0100 > Von: Kevin Chadwick <ma1l1i...@yahoo.co.uk> > An: misc@openbsd.org > Betreff: Re: Disk RPM > On Tue, 03 Aug 2010 16:38:42 +0200 > cnie...@gmx.net wrote: > > > I just rebuild my samba file server and noticed that disklabel reports > all my hard drive's rpm at 3600 although all of them support higher speeds. > How come? Is it reported incorrectly or do I need to manually set the rpm > using disklabel to optimize the speed? Or is there another reason and I > shouldn't touch it? > I'm pretty sure I read that it's always set to 3600 at default and has > no effect on anything. > > > > Another side question I have, is there any drawback to put the OS on a > slower drive like I did there? dmesg and dislabel reports are below. > > > > Thanks, > > Claus > > > > > > Of course boot and samba loading speed may slow, but for running samba > and with that much memory, I doubt you'll notice. -- GRATIS fC<r alle GMX-Mitglieder: Die maxdome Movie-FLAT! Jetzt freischalten unter http://portal.gmx.net/de/go/maxdome01
