User Guide

24 NetWare Server Disks and Storage Devices Administration Guide
NetWare Server Disks and Storage Devices Administration Guide
103-000179-001
August 30, 2001
Novell Confidential
Manual 99a38 July 17, 2001
CD-ROM drives can create large index files. Don't use or mount the
CD-ROM unless you have enough space.
Limit the size of auditing files. (Auditing works only on traditional
NetWare partitions.)
Improving Disk Reads
On a server that is read-intensive, the following procedures can improve the
speed of disk reads.
“Changing Concurrent Disk and Directory Writes for Faster Reads” on
page 24.
“Changing the Turbo File Allocation Table (FAT) Wait Time for Faster
Reads” on page 25.
For instructions on using MONITOR, see MONITOR in Utilities Reference..
Changing Concurrent Disk and Directory Writes for Faster Reads
Use this procedure if your server is slow to respond to read requests.
NOTE: This procedure requires that you decrease the values of the Maximum
Concurrent Disk Cache Writes parameter and the Maximum Concurrent Directory
Cache Writes parameter. Although decreasing these values increases the speed
of read requests, it might decrease the speed and efficiency of write requests.
1 From the MONITOR Available Options, select Server Parameters > File
Caching.
NOTE: You can also set file caching parameters with the SET command in
MONITOR.
2 Decrease the value of Maximum Concurrent Disk Cache Writes.
If the parameter is currently set to the default value of 50, try setting the
value to 10.
3 Press ESC to return to the list of categories and then select Directory
Caching.
A list of Directory Caching parameters appears in the upper window.
4 Decrease the value of Maximum Concurrent Directory Cache Writes.
If the parameter is currently set to the default value of 10, try setting the
value to 5.