Performance tuning the LinkStation hard drive

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This article Based on work by frontalot and nix. Originally by frontalot. at Linkstationwiki.org


1. Open up the hdparm startup script and modify the performance settings: 

vi /etc/rc.d/init.d/hdparm

2. Add the following settings: 

hdparm -q[1] -m16[2] -c1[3] -u1[4] -S250[5] /dev/hda

3. Test your old performance settings: 

hdparm -tT /dev/hda

4. Reboot your LinkStation and retest your performance settings.

5. These particular settings may not always improve performance - try different settings.

  1. ↑ tells hdparm to change the settings quietly.
  2. ↑ m16 sets the number of sectors to use for IDE block mode (multicount).
  3. ↑ c1 sets I/O support to 32-bit (from 16-bit).
  4. ↑ u1 enables unmasking of interrupts.
  5. ↑ S250 sets a spindown time of 5 hours.
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