Linux Tips & Tricks Speed up your Hard Drive

Speeding up your hard drive

Get faster file transfer by using 32-bit transfers on your hard drive
Just add the line:
hdparm -c3 /dev/hdX
to a bootup script.

If you use SuSE or other distros based on SYS V,
/sbin/init.d/boot.localshould work for you.

This enables 32-bit transfer on your hard drive. On some systems it can improve transfer performance by 75%.

To test your performance gain, type:
hdparm -t -T /dev/hdX