Speed Up Your Hard Drive

September 2, 2006 | Uncategorized | By: admin

Get faster file transfer by using 32-bit transfers on your hard drive
Just add the line:

hdparm -c3 /dev/hdX

to a bootup script.

If you use SuSE or other distros based on SYS V,

/sbin/Init.d/boot.local
should work for you.
This enables 32-bit transfer on your hard drive. On some systems it can improve transfer performance by 75%.

To test your performance gain, type:

hdparm -t -T /dev/hdX


Comments

Comment from christmas nativity scene
Time December 2, 2007 at 4:59 pm

This is great! One question: Is there any way around the authentication issue? I have a portal which requires a login/password. Am I out of luck?

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