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On Sun, Jul 20, 2003 at 04:09:39AM -0700, Sean Chittenden wrote:
> > 	Are there optimal parameters for sizing on the disk
> > throughput?
> 
> Increase your file system cache.
 
How? I've been wondering if there's a way to do this, and all the
settings I've played with seem to have no effect; it just sits at
199BUF according to top.
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