Considerations

Add more disks to the file system. When using a single disk file system, consider, upgrading to a hardware or software RAID is the next logical step. Hardware RAID is significantly faster than software RAID and is highly recommended. A software RAID solution would add additional CPU load to the system.

Depending on storage hardware and application behavior, there may be a better block size to use besides the ufs default of 8192k. For more information, consult the Solaris System Administration Guide.