From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750793AbWEFTb5 (ORCPT ); Sat, 6 May 2006 15:31:57 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751095AbWEFTb5 (ORCPT ); Sat, 6 May 2006 15:31:57 -0400 Received: from nz-out-0102.google.com ([64.233.162.193]:15265 "EHLO nz-out-0102.google.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750793AbWEFTb4 convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Sat, 6 May 2006 15:31:56 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=Ay3tVEyWLfNh/SzXn+D9S+I03bvYhho9sB3eRM0ttWo1Nt6IvnISZSSsTT+aGYKgPjUy6cVRZlEEk8S7gfyTBvWCjn5lD291gcQ5V28vdbjGT3WUftNcnxlqX55ZVCX8u7HJ9VoppuNSs3ZL/aUbM/xFLOjkn9skJ+WxofL+tlg= Message-ID: <9e4733910605061231v7150c69ela2968d3931523bc5@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 6 May 2006 15:31:55 -0400 From: "Jon Smirl" To: "Dave Pitts" Subject: Re: How can I boost block I/O performance Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <445CE6ED.30703@cozx.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Content-Disposition: inline References: <445CE6ED.30703@cozx.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Does the adaptive readahead patch help in your case? Other people in similar situations are saying that it helps a lot. Wu Fengguang Subject [PATCH 00/23] Adaptive read-ahead V11 http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/3/18/235 I'm not sure of the status of this patch. I looked in the mm tree and didn't see it. -- Jon Smirl jonsmirl@gmail.com