> Has anyone experimented with different settings for concurrent reads? I > have set our servers to 4 ( 2 per processor core ). I have noticed that > occasionally, our pending reads will get backed up and our servers don't > appear to be under too much load. In fact, most of the load appears to be > from GC. Is 3 per processor core too much? Does it matter if it is an AMC > vs Intel processor? How does processor clock speed or cache play into this > setting?
Increase concurrency until you're able to either saturate CPU or saturate the disk subsystem. Note that the more disks you have, the more concurrency you'll need to fully utilize them. -- / Peter Schuller
