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Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.3/7.1 and Linux disk performance test
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Omer Faruk Sen wrote:
> as you can see there is a big difference in just simple dd test. Is
> there additional steps that I can follow to increase performance?

Use a benchmark that matches your actual workload, and then see how 
things look.  I would be surprised if your target workload was "dd" :-)

Kris