Linux – real-world hardware RAID controller tuning (scsi and cciss)
I’ve found that when I’ve had to tune for lower latency vs throughput, I’ve tuned nr_requests down from it’s default (to as low as 32). The idea being smaller batches equals lower latency. Also for read_ahead_kb I’ve found that for sequential reads/writes, increasing this value offers better throughput, but I’ve found that this option really … Read more