Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel schedulers

On Freitag, 14. Dezember 2007, Mick wrote:
> On Thursday 13 December 2007, Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote:
> > On Donnerstag, 13. Dezember 2007, Jason Carson wrote:
> > > I was reading this article (http://lwn.net/Articles/114770/) which
> > > says...
> > >
> > > AS (Anticipatory Scheduler) still seems to be better for desktop
> > > systems and IDE disks
> > >
> > > ... I have a server, not a desktop system but am using an IDE disk so
> > > which scheduler is better for a server. Should I stay with anticipatory
> > > because I am using an IDE disk or switch to something else because my
> > > system is a server?
> >
> > this article is acient.
> >
> > Nowadays CFQ and deadline are the best choices. CFQ is the best choice
> > for most desktops and most servers and for some servers and some selected
> > desktops deadline is the best choice.
> >
> > Why not built all three and switch between them with the apropriate
> > kernel command line. That way you can easily test which one is the best
> > for you.
>
> How would you go about testing each?



as Daniel Pielmeier  wrote here: 
<6142e6140712140639v648c1f5ci2801a75fadbe82a5@××××××××××.com>
/usr/src/linux/Documentation/block/switching-sched.txt

just try the different schedulers while doing your daily stuff and the one 
that works best, is the one you'll use in the future.

For me CFQ worked best.
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