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Subject: Need info on addbuffers
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From: dave@cs.arizona.edu (Dave Schaumann)
Date: 19 Mar 91 03:22:20 GMT
Organization: U of Arizona CS Dept, Tucson
Keywords: I did RTM
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Can someone please tell me some more info on addbuffers (or point me to where
I could find it?)

Specifically:
   1.	the name would imply that it is a cumulative operation.  Ie, that
	two "addbuffers df0: 5"'s is the same as 1 "addbuffers df0: 10".
	Is this true?

   2.   What is the default # of buffers you get without any "addbuffers"
	call at all?

I was just reading my 1.3 enhancer guide (or whatever it's called) last night,
and saw where it says having 25-30 buffers really speeds up disk performance.
Naturally, I haven't touched my startup-sequence in this regard since I had
no idea it made a significant difference.  Which leads me to my final question:

   3.	Does it really make a large difference to have 25-30 buffers?  What
	is the point of diminishing returns?

I can definitely afford to spare 10K if it's going to speed up my disk access
by a noticable amount.

	"The silly things they do write in books these days..."
					-Sniffles



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