Tag: performance
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Building faster with Netbeans and SSDs
The build directories that Netbeans uses are pounded a lot, and chances are you have enough ram to leverage tmpfs. Let do it! Start with our /etc/rc.local file: echo deadline > /sys/block/sda/queue/scheduler echo 1 > /sys/block/sda/queue/iosched/fifo_batch D=/home/jreynolds/.cache/netbeans rm -rf $D/* mount $D chown -R jreynolds:jreynolds $D D=/home/jreynolds/NetBeansProjects/MyProject/build rm -rf $D/* mount $D # dont furgit…
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Improve SSD performance on Linux
I had little idea that you could so easily change the disk scheduler in linux. I’m actually rather relieved I can do it in grub, or even live. I’ll have to do this on my workstations with SSDs. Four Tweaks for Using Linux with Solid State Drives | Tombuntu.