root@ns519307:/etc/netdata# hdparm /dev/sd[ab] /dev/sda: multcount = 16 (on) IO_support = 1 (32-bit) readonly = 0 (off) readahead = 8192 (on) geometry = 243201/255/63, sectors = 3907029168, start = 0 /dev/sdb: multcount = 16 (on) IO_support = 1 (32-bit) readonly = 0 (off) readahead = 8192 (on) geometry = 243201/255/63, sectors = 3907029168, start = 0 root@ns519307:/etc/netdata# root@ns519307:/etc/netdata# hdparm /dev/sd[ab] /dev/sda: multcount = 16 (on) IO_support = 1 (32-bit) readonly = 0 (off) readahead = 8192 (on) geometry = 243201/255/63, sectors = 3907029168, start = 0 /dev/sdb: multcount = 16 (on) IO_support = 1 (32-bit) readonly = 0 (off) readahead = 8192 (on) geometry = 243201/255/63, sectors = 3907029168, start = 0 root@ns519307:/etc/netdata# hdparm -Tt /dev/sd[ab] /dev/sda: Timing cached reads: 8086 MB in 2.00 seconds = 4052.66 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 230 MB in 3.03 seconds = 75.98 MB/sec /dev/sdb: Timing cached reads: 7950 MB in 2.00 seconds = 3984.24 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 282 MB in 3.10 seconds = 91.05 MB/sec root@ns519307:/etc/netdata# root@ns519307:~# smartctl -a /dev/sda |grep Rotat Rotation Rate: 7200 rpm root@ns519307:~# smartctl -a /dev/sdb |grep Rotat Rotation Rate: 7200 rpm root@ns519307:~# https://lonesysadmin.net/2013/12/22/better-linux-disk-caching-performance-vm-dirty_ratio/ root@ns519307:~# sysctl -a | grep dirty sysctl: reading key "kernel.spl.hostid" vm.dirty_background_bytes = 33554432 vm.dirty_background_ratio = 0 vm.dirty_bytes = 1073741824 vm.dirty_expire_centisecs = 3000 vm.dirty_ratio = 0 vm.dirty_writeback_centisecs = 500 vm.dirtytime_expire_seconds = 43200