On Tuesday 05 January 2010 10:15:00 Stroller wrote: > On 5 Jan 2010, at 06:21, Mick wrote: > >> ... > >> Solved. The problem was CFQ I/O scheduler. It was several times slower > >> than the others, for whatever reason. > >> ... > > > > Hmmm ... reading at the help files I thought that CFQ was the > > default/best option for a desktop. Is there such a thing as a best fit > > here? > > I had this notion that it was the worst option for everything, unless your > computer has 96+ CPUs.
I had this notion that the author of the help files was talking through a hole in his butt and just expressing his own views. -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
