Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262235AbTERWZm (ORCPT ); Sun, 18 May 2003 18:25:42 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262237AbTERWZm (ORCPT ); Sun, 18 May 2003 18:25:42 -0400 Received: from ppp-217-133-42-200.cust-adsl.tiscali.it ([217.133.42.200]:26810 "EHLO dualathlon.random") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262235AbTERWZk (ORCPT ); Sun, 18 May 2003 18:25:40 -0400 Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 00:38:31 +0200 From: Andrea Arcangeli To: Andrew Morton Cc: Felix von Leitner , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: need better I/O scheduler for bulk file serving Message-ID: <20030518223831.GD1429@dualathlon.random> References: <20030518195913.GA19275@codeblau.de> <20030518140642.64c7d619.akpm@digeo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030518140642.64c7d619.akpm@digeo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-GPG-Key: 1024D/68B9CB43 X-PGP-Key: 1024R/CB4660B9 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 562 Lines: 17 On Sun, May 18, 2003 at 02:06:42PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > Felix von Leitner wrote: > > > > Larger read-ahead maybe? > > Or an anticipatory scheduler. You don't say what kernel you're > using. yes, IMHO he could give a spin to my tree with better readahead and see if it helps. Andrea - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/