Here's a nice O'Reilly article:
http://linux.oreillynet.com/lpt/a/linux/2000/06/29/hdparm.html


On Thu, 04 Dec 2003, Eric Stanley wrote:

> Ian,
> 
> Could you please send us the URL for that page.  I'm having some problems that 
> I believe may be related to disk performance.  Once in a while, my system 
> will freeze.  The thing that always happens when it thaws is that the disk 
> light goes one.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Eric
> 
> On Thursday 04 December 2003 12:21, Ian Stoner wrote:
> <snip>
> >
> > That nailed it!  Thanks, Nate.  I had never heard of hdparm--I found a
> > webpage that recommended some likely safe settings, tried them, and got
> > a more than 5-fold increase in buffered disc reads.  I've included the
> > output of the commands I ran, in case anyone cares.  Maybe I'm the only
> > one who's never heard of hdparm?  If anyone knows of any other
> > parameters I should pay attention to, please advise.
> >
> > Thanks again!

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