On Tue, 03 Aug 2010 16:38:42 +0200
cniesen@gmx.net wrote:

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> I just rebuild my samba file server and noticed that disklabel reports all my hard drive's rpm at 3600 although all of them support higher speeds.  How come?  Is it reported incorrectly or do I need to manually set the rpm using disklabel to optimize the speed?  Or is there another reason and I shouldn't touch it?
I'm pretty sure I read that it's always set to 3600 at default and has
no effect on anything.
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> Another side question I have, is there any drawback to put the OS on a slower drive like I did there? dmesg and dislabel reports are below.
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> Thanks,
>   Claus
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Of course boot and samba loading speed may slow, but for running samba
and with that much memory, I doubt you'll notice.