Date: Fri, 05 Nov 1999 17:26:31 -0800 From: Darryl Okahata <darrylo@sr.hp.com> To: Mike Meyer <mwm@phone.net> Cc: freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Dual Celeron + FreeBSD? Message-ID: <199911060126.RAA14109@mina.sr.hp.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 05 Nov 1999 16:43:04 PST." <14371.31128.555758.487534@guru.phone.net>
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Mike Meyer <mwm@phone.net> wrote: > Darryl Okahata writes: > ;-> Are you using softupdates and DMA? While SCSI is great, you really > ;->need multiple drives to take full advantage of SCSI. With your typical > ;->1- or 2-drive system, IDE drives shouldn't be significantly slower than > ;->SCSI. > > My tests show different - see <URL: > http://www.phone.net/home/mwm/disktest/disktest.html >. If there's > something I can do to improve the performance of the IDE drive, I'd > love to hear it. Did you explicitly configure your kernel to enable DMA? I couldn't find any mention of that on your page. -- Darryl Okahata darrylo@sr.hp.com DISCLAIMER: this message is the author's personal opinion and does not constitute the support, opinion, or policy of Agilent Technologies, or of the little green men that have been following him all day. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-smp" in the body of the message
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