HP Surestore Disk Array 12h HP SureStore E Disk Array FC60 Service Manual (A56 - Page 199
Cache read ahead prefetch, Table 23, Performance Impact of Configuration Settings cont'd
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Table 23 Performance Impact of Configuration Settings (cont'd) Setting: Cache read ahead (prefetch) Function: Sets the number of additional sequential blocks transferred into read cache each time a read I/O is performed. Read ahead can be set for each volume. Performance Impact: Read ahead can significantly improve read performance for sequential I/O transactions. When a read is performed, the specified number of additional blocks are also read into cache in anticipation of the host issuing a read request for that data. Because the data is in cache, the number of read hits increases, improving performance. Read ahead is useful only for sequential I/O profiles. Read ahead can be tuned by increasing the setting and monitoring the cache hit percentage. If the percentage improves, the setting can be increased again until no improvement in performance is seen. Managing Disk Array Capacity 199 Managing the Disk Array