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From: Deepak Naidu <deepak_nai@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: Should I increase vfs.read_max
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--- "Andrew P." <infofarmer@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 10/15/05, Deepak Naidu <deepak_nai@yahoo.com>
> 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
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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> 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.
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