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From: Justin Piszcz <jpiszcz@lucidpixels.com>
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Subject: Why is NCQ enabled by default by libata? (2.6.20)
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Without NCQ, performance is MUCH better on almost every operation, with 
the exception of 2-3 items.

/usr/sbin/bonnie++ -d /x/bonnie -s 7952 -m p34 -n 16:100000:16:64 > run.txt;

# Average of 3 runs with NCQ on for Quad Raptor ADFD 150 RAID 5 Software RAID:
p34-ncq-on,7952M,43916.3,96.6667,151943,28.6667,75794.3,18.6667,48991.3,99,181687,24,558.033,0.333333,16:100000:16/64,867.667,9,29972.7,98.3333,2801.67,16,890.667,9.33333,27743,94.3333,2115.33,15.6667
# Average of 3 runs with NCQ off for Quad Raptor ADFD 150 RAID 5 Software RAID:
p34-ncq-off,7952M,42470,97.3333,200409,36.3333,90240.3,22.6667,48656,99,198853,27,546.467,0,16:100000:16/64,972.333,10,21833,72.3333,3697,21,995,10.6667,27901.7,95.6667,2681,20.6667

http://home.comcast.net/~jpiszcz/ncq_vs_noncq/results.html

In general, for networking, etc, the kernel chooses 'optimized' defaults, 
therefore, I was curious why is NCQ enabled by default?

Justin.