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Date:      Tue, 18 Nov 97 02:59:09 -0400
From:      "Francisco Reyes" <reyesf@super.zippo.com>
To:        "hackers@freebsd.org" <hackers@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Optimizing HD I/O. What size to use to read/write?
Message-ID:  <199711180759.XAA20331@super.zippo.com>

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I am going to start working on a program which will be heavy on I/O.
I was wondering what would be a good size to read/write at a time.

What is the minimun block size FreeBSD allocates? 4K? 8K? Is it HD
dependent?




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