echo file_readahead:1024 > /proc/ide/ide0/hda/settings
...gave me full throughput to the disk (this disk can do ~25MB/s) while
reading 50 files concurrently :-)
-- Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk, MCSE, MCNE, CLS, LCAComputers are like air conditioners. They stop working when you open Windows.
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