On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 3:06 PM, Heinz Diehl <htd@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 10.12.2012, Henrik Frisk wrote: > >> Anyone knows of something I can do to get it a bit more speedy? > > Here's what works for me. For deeper explanation, use Google (I'm > sitting with my exams in statistics and have no time for explaining, > sorry!) > > 1. Buy a fast(er) harddisk > > 2. Compile a preempt kernel with sched_autogroup and zcache enabled. > > 3. Write this in /etc/rc.config > > /sbin/blockdev --setra 8192 /dev/sda > > echo "cfq" > /sys/block/sda/queue/scheduler > echo "32" > /sys/block/sda/queue/iosched/quantum > echo "0" > /sys/block/sda/queue/iosched/slice_idle > echo "1" > /sys/block/sda/queue/iosched/low_latency > echo "51200" > /sys/block/sda/queue/nr_requests > > echo "20" > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/ondemand/up_threshold > echo "10" > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/ondemand/sampling_down_factor > > 4. Write this in /etc/sysctl.conf: > > vm.swappiness = 10 > vm.vfs_cache_pressure = 50 > vm.dirty_ratio = 10 > vm.dirty_background_ratio = 5 > > 5. Kick tracker, zeitgeist and similar performance-drags from your > system. > > That's it. Works for me :-) > Thanks a lot, I'll try that! /Henrik -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org