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From: William Kenworthy <billk@×××××××××.au>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] how to use my SSD the right way ;-)
Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2014 13:14:24
Message-Id: 52C6B791.4050607@iinet.net.au
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] how to use my SSD the right way ;-) by Alan McKinnon
1 On 03/01/14 15:34, Alan McKinnon wrote:
2 > On 03/01/2014 09:25, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote:
3 >> Am 03.01.2014 07:52, schrieb Alan McKinnon:
4 >>> On 03/01/2014 00:46, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote:
5 >>>> BFQ only for the SSDs ?
6 >>>
7 >>> Yes. The scheduler knows how to deal with SSDs while keeping everything
8 >>> responsive even under load.
9 >>>
10 >>> BFQ seems a good fit for your workcase - desktop/laptop. For those,
11 >>> interactive performance is the most important thing.
12 >>
13 >> So you set BFQ for the SSDs and CFQ for the hdds ? I have both in my
14 >> desktop.
15 >>
16 >>
17 >>
18 >>
19 >
20 > BFQ for both is the recommendation.
21 >
22 > But do try it both ways to see how it performs and compare.
23 >
24
25 hmm, is BFQ good for VM's too? I am currently using noops (storage is
26 ceph) and was going to experiment but have not had the time yet.
27
28 BillK

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Re: [gentoo-user] how to use my SSD the right way ;-) Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>