[tlug] Re: Disk I/O bottleneck: how to solve?

[Tobias Diedrich <td@example.com>]

Jean-Christian Imbeault wrote:

> >I'm sure it's possible to tell Linux to use bigger
> >disk buffers.  Sorry, but I don't know how off-hand;
> 
> I'm pretty sure there must be some way but I haven't been able to find it 
> yet. I was hoping someone on the list might know. Will do more googling. 
> Must be using the wrong keywords ...

Very simple.
Install more ram and it will be used as additional disk buffers :-)
The kernel always uses free ram as disk buffers.

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