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Date:      Thu, 03 May 2001 08:37:29 -0800
From:      Brian Raynes <brian_raynes@dnr.state.ak.us>
To:        robert@mpe.mpg.de, freebsd newbies <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Survey on tuning facts.
Message-ID:  <3AF18949.9F14549C@dnr.state.ak.us>
References:  <200105031347.f43DlES30960@robert2.mpe-garching.mpg.de>

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Robert Suetterlin wrote:

> I was wondring how many newbies know about this fact, how many of us have done it, how we found out and if there are other tuning facts we should care for.

I for one knew, from lurking in freebsd-questions, the OpenBSD FAQ,
the FreeBSD manual.  These are places I can remember reading about
it.  It has usually been in the faqs under "Why doesn't *bsd use async
mounts (like linux does)?"  I was newbie enough not to know what async
mounts are or to have run into a noticeable difference until I read
through the faqs.

I'm not sure about any other tuning tips for newbies.  I imagine that
the O'Reilly book on the subject might apply to freebsd though.  I
think that the OpenBSD faq has a section on tuning, but I don't think
they're all that newbie oriented, even though their FAQ is well
written.  As far as that magnitude of improvement, I'm still unaware
of any, even after extensive reading.



> Have any of You found other tuning parameters that increased the speed of their machine by an order of magnitude?  If so, please tell me, or tell me where to read about it.

> Sincerely,
> 
>         Robert S.

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