Fedora 19 - filesystems slow

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On 02.07.2014 09:49, George R Goffe wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a Fedora 19 system with several large 2-4TB drives attached via USB-SATA docking stations.
>
> I'm seeing a problem whereby a specific filesystem that hasn't been accessed for some time and is REALLY slow to respond to initial requests. ls -alt for example takes a substantial bit of time to respond at first but then response is acceptable after that.
>
> I'm trying to figure out what's happening and why and what I can do about it. It's like the buffers are empty and they need to be filled. Are there kernel tunable parameters that can be changed to avoid this problem?
>
> Thanks,
>
> George...
>

Links to spec:
- mobo
- hdd
- docking station/enclosure


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