[mythtv-users] video stutters after changed configuration

[Henk Poley]

> Van: David Rees <drees at greenhydrant.com>
> 
> On Fri, January 30, 2004 1at 2:28 pm, Chris Germano wrote:
> > Next Question:
> > What hdparm flags are you guys running to get the best performance and
> > possibly good acoustive management out of your drives?
> 
> Generally, I've found that the kernel defaults do a pretty good job in
99%
> of the cases.  Tweaking with hdparm further generally doesn't result in a
> measureable increase over that for me as long as DMA is on.

Yes, just go with the accoustic managment recommended settings (afaik
visible in 'hdparm -iI /dev/hdX') and set that (hdparm -M /dev/hdX), you
might want to check if it sticks over a reboot. Else put it somewhere in
your init files (/etc/conf.d/local.start for Gentoo).

I found with my 80GB (and 8MB cache) Maxtor drive that the most silent
setting does affect read thoughput by aprox. 10%. But you might want to
test if it will do, with your RAID (so faster) system.

	Henk Poley <><