> You use elvtune to tweak it. Basically you just define the max length > the write queue can be before attention will be given to reads and > likewise for the read queue. man elvtune for more information. "[root at server ~]# elvtune /dev/hda ioctl get: Invalid argument elvtune is only useful on older kernels; for 2.6 use IO scheduler sysfs tunables instead.." Thats what I get. Matt