<span class="e" id="q_10dea8a898328e5f_1"></span><div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div style=""><div>I'd make sure the problem is not simply disk transfer rate first. The folks who have "solved" the problem by upgrading have probably upgraded the mobo as well, thus perhaps solving an undiagnosed problem of this type and only thought it was the faster CPU that did it.
</div></div></blockquote><div><br>If it is truely a disk problem there are several things one can do to tweak performace without upgrading any hardware. One is change the default scheduler to cfq or deadline. <br><br><a href="http://linux.inet.hr/cfq_to_become_the_default_i_o_scheduler.html">
http://linux.inet.hr/cfq_to_become_the_default_i_o_scheduler.html</a><br><br>Others are change the read ahead cache size. <br>On a 2.6 kernel this can be done with blockdev<br><br>And finally possibly changing the filesystem or even the layout. If you are using lvm you may gain performace by upgrading. And finally adding 256 or 512 mb of memory may help.
<br><br>John<br></div></div>