> The fs blocksize has not much to do with the amount it writes in one go.
> XFS uses delayed allocation so it will probably write a lot of data at once
> anyways.
How about reading? The reading is really essensial here - writing is done
by batch, and can take whatever time it likes (almost :-)
>
> If you can give some
que?
> Use software raid 0 over multiple 15K RPM scsi disks or go fiber and make a
> raid 0 out of that.
> You can even mix them, for optimal effect use disks that are the same size.
> more spindles == higher speed. Make sure to use multiple controllers to
> spread the bus activity.
>
> XFS also has some builtin heuristics in mkfs.xfs that will detect the
> striping and make some reasonable assumptions on how to optimize the fs
> layout.
thanks
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