[PlanetCCRMA] Re: Planet boxes as ogg client/server

[Fernando Lopez-Lezcano]

On Tue, 2005-02-01 at 12:25, Fernando Lopez-Lezcano wrote:
> On Tue, 2005-02-01 at 10:15, Mark Knecht wrote:
> > How do I optimize 2.6.10-2.1.ll.rhfc2.ccrma to favor networking and
> > hard drive usage and to deemphasize CDROM usage? I don't want to kill
> > either but I want network requests going to the hard drive for audio
> > to get through much more reliably.
> 
> Hmmm, strange situation. I presume you need samba because you want to
> mount stuff from windows machines, right? I have only worked with nfs so
> I have no samba experience (can't dance either :-)
> 
> Anyway, I would take a look at the optimization of the cdrom itself, to
> make sure it is using dma:
>   /sbin/hdparm /dev/hdc
> If it is not using dma try adding that:
>   /sbin/hdparm -d 1 /dev/hdc
> (hdc or whatever your configuration is)
> See if it makes a difference. 

Also, what is the hardware involved on the server end? IDE disk? SATA?
IDE cdrom connected where? Same interface as the hard disk?

-- Fernando