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+On sf-001 and sf-002 with disk platters:
+
+# XXX does this survive reboot ? XXX
+echo 65536 > /sys/block/sdb/queue/nr_requests
+echo 65536 > /sys/block/sdc/queue/nr_requests
+echo 65536 > /sys/block/sdd/queue/nr_requests
+
+echo 8192 > /sys/block/sdb/queue/read_ahead_kb
+echo 8192 > /sys/block/sdc/queue/read_ahead_kb
+echo 8192 > /sys/block/sdd/queue/read_ahead_kb
+