[Bug 318505] Re: readahead default configuration hurts the system performance

2009-01-27 Thread Scott James Remnant
I prune the kernel modules out of the readahead lists before I generate them, sometimes I admittedly get it wrong, but this is generally human error not a bug ** Changed in: readahead (Ubuntu) Status: New = Invalid -- readahead default configuration hurts the system performance

re: [Bug 318505] Re: readahead default configuration hurts the system performance

2009-01-27 Thread Jérôme
Hello Scott, Thanks for the explanation. Why is ubuntu not using preload ? FYI, I replaced readahead by preload on the below system and it made it faster: - CPU: AMD Athlon XP 1500+ - mem: 392 MB - Ubuntu version: hardy - minimum total size of the used files of the tracked processes: 4MB

re: [Bug 318505] Re: readahead default configuration hurts the system performance

2009-01-27 Thread Scott James Remnant
On Tue, 2009-01-27 at 16:15 +, Jérôme wrote: Why is ubuntu not using preload ? preload, readahead, prefetch, sreadahead, etc. are all just variations on a theme. We currently use readahead, and don't have compelling reasons to switch to the others - since they introduce just as many

[Bug 318505] Re: readahead default configuration hurts the system performance

2009-01-26 Thread Dominik Stadler
** Changed in: readahead (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: None = readahead -- readahead default configuration hurts the system performance https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/318505 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs