Often overlooked on Linux installs is good hdparm setup. The program hdparm is a Linux shell utility for viewing and manipulating various IDE drive and driver parameters. Most drives can benefit from improved performance using a few hdparm commands. Sometimes on a new Linux install dma access might not even be set, which means some pretty slow hard drive access times. Most times hdparm is set pretty conservatively which means you’re not getting everything you should be out of your hard drive. Thankfully O’reilly offers a pretty good tutorial on setting up hdparm found here.
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