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> So about every 200MB (i guess the linux box writes the data into the |
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> cache in the RAM first) linux writes the harddisk. But during that time |
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> - during the time it writes that 200MB to disk, there is no chance for |
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> any other IO. I'm playing an mp3 from the very same fileserver. It stops |
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> playing, because the machine does answer the read-requests. |
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Is this an IDE disk? Sounds like you don't have DMA enabled. Check with |
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(e.g.) hdparm -d /dev/hda |
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Daniel |
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