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Optimal HDD and filesystem settings for web hosting?
Posted by -t7-, 12-29-2007, 04:31 PM I am in the process of configuring my volumedrive dedicated server and would like some input on ideal settings for my filesystem. I'd appreciate suggestions and explanations of what they options do. Here is my system info: Linux volumedrive.com 2.6.18-53.el5 #1 SMP Mon Nov 12 02:14:55 EST 2007 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux CentOS release 5 (Final) AMD Sempron64 3000+ 1GB RAM HDD: Location: SCSI device B Cylinders: 60801 Size: 465.76 GB Model: ATA ST3500320AS Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST3500320AS 500GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive Parameters I can change: EXT 3 File System Configuration Options: Block size Fragment size Bytes per inode Reserved blocks Journal file size Edit IDE Parameters Transfer mode: Default mode / Disable IORDY / PIO mode 1,2,3,4 / Multimode DMA 0,1,2 / Ultra DMA 0,1,2 Using DMA: On/Off Sector count: 256 Read-lookahead: On/Off Write caching: On/Off Interrupt unmask: On/Off Keep settings over reset: On/Off Keep features over reset: On/Off Read only: On/Off Reprogram best PIO: On/Off Standby timeout: 0 32-bit I/O support: Disable / Enable / Enable with special sync sequence Sector count for multiple sector I/O: Disable 2 4 8 16 32 Thanks in advance
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