processes not getting fair share of available disk I/O (was: Re: TCP parameters and interpreting tcpdump output )

[Kris Kennaway]

On Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 11:29:16PM +0000, Dieter wrote:
> > > 	hw.ata.wc=3D0
> >         ^^^^^^^^^^^
> > "Make my hard drive go reeeeally slow please (just in case I crash)" :)
> 
> Slower, yes, but not *that* slow.
> 
> Normal ls : 0.032 second.  Two processes using same disk, multiply by two,
> so 0.064 second.  Maybe the multiplier is more than 2, call it 10x, so
> 0.32 second.  But I'm seeing a factor of over 9100x.

Humour me and turn it back on, then see what happens.

Kris
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