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On Thursday 27 May 2010 17:29:26 Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> On Thu, 27 May 2010 16:22:11 +0100, Mick wrote: |
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> > Newer machines invariably have SATA drives: |
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> > Do I need to emerge hdparm for such a drive? |
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> % whatis hdparm |
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> hdparm (8) - get/set SATA/ATA device parameters |
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> SATA is still ATA, using the same basic command set but over a different |
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> wire. |
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Yes, hdparm will work with my drive, but the question is would I have a |
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benefit using it? Other than what Paul said, is there another benefit e.g. |
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speed wise that I could derive from using hdparm, or is the kernel on its own |
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enough to optimise the performance of the drive? |
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Regards, |
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Mick |