Re: Old Hardware Redux

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On 2025-08-30 18:51, Richard Kettlewell wrote:
> Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> writes:
>> On 2025-08-20, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>>> My previous desktop computer was killed for:
>> [...]
>>>   * Swaping on rotating rust started sucking after some kernel/libc
>>> update, because of fragmentation causing the disk heads to do a lot of
>>> seeking. The cure was switching to SSD.
>>
>> Do you recall more about what this might have been?
>>
>> Perhaps it was some change in the linux default I/O scheduler?
> 
> If the computer is swapping more than trivial amounts there’s no way
> performance is going to be remotely acceptable anyway.

It was certainly acceptable till the kernel changed something, and swap 
started sending the disk head everywhere. It was very obvious: same 
load, one day, and the day after the upgrade, very slow.

I no longer remember what upgrade it was, and can't locate my mails on 
it. 2017.

It became acceptable again when I replaced the system hard disk with an 
SSD and the swap partition went there.

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.

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Re: Old Hardware Redux Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-30 09:04 +0100
  Re: Old Hardware Redux "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-08-30 15:09 +0200
  Re: Old Hardware Redux Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-30 17:51 +0100
    Re: Old Hardware Redux "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-08-30 22:43 +0200

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