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Old 16th June 2010
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Originally Posted by BSDfan666 View Post
I don't know if it's the case with FreeBSD, but on OpenBSD, using the raw character device node instead of the block device is better, as it bypasses the kernel buffer cache, and this can even improve speeds (..using a larger block size as stated by Carpetsmoker).
FreeBSD doesn't differentiate between "character" devices and "block" devices. There's only 1 device node.

@OP: You'll want to play around with the bs= setting, to find the value that works best for your disk setup. Generally, bs=1M works nicelyl. On some SSDs and fast disks, bs=16M is better. On other SSDs and disks, bs=128K or bs=512K works better. Only by testing your setup can you determine the best bs= to use.
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