Re: System on a chip - performance relative size and setup (how can the (Debian) setup make a difference?)

From	Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: System on a chip - performance relative size and setup (how can the (Debian) setup make a difference?)
Date	2019-06-18 15:20 +0200
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Quoting Erik Josefsson (2019-06-18 14:26:57)
> This is another quite open question that I probably could research 
> myself, if I had the time.
> 
> As far as I understand, it is quite recent that SD cards are fast and 
> large enough to be able to carry and run an entire Debian instance.
> 
> If this is the case, maybe there is only theory available regarding 
> whether you can make a computer "run faster" on a 64GB SD card than on 
> a 32GB SD card when cards are otherwise identical.
> 
> I don't really know how swap works on a standard computer, even less 
> how it works when the whole computer runs from/on a SD card.
> 
> Swap is supposed to be make your computer pretend that you have more 
> RAM than it actually has, but if the whole computer is running from/on 
> RAM (or is it?), then what does swap mean?

Good explanation on swap: https://www.linuxatemyram.com/


> On Teres-I with redpill RC2 (now there is a RC3 that I have not yet 
> installed) an unfortunate website with pop up commercials (like dn.se) 
> can eat all performance there is and freeze the mouse for hours. I 
> would guess that could have been fixed on a normal computer with "more 
> RAM", i.e., "more swap"? But is the same true for e.g. Teres-I?
> 
> 
> Second question is if it is meaningful to buy a "super duper blazing 
> fast" SD card for the task to run a whole Debian system?
> 
> There is a very expensive 64GB SD card from SanDisk that is called 
> Extreme Pro that costs twice as much as same size Extreme Plus. Specs 
> say it is "super duper blazing fast" for video in "Ultra HD 4K", but 
> would Pro also be faster than Plus for the task of running Thunderbird 
> and Firefox at the same time?

Recent research on SD card performance:
https://github.com/ThomasKaiser/Knowledge/blob/master/articles/A1_and_A2_rated_SD_cards.md


 - Jonas

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System on a chip - performance relative size and setup (how can the  (Debian) setup make a difference?) Erik Josefsson <erik.hjalmar.josefsson@gmail.com> - 2019-06-18 14:30 +0200
  Re: System on a chip - performance relative size and setup (how can  the (Debian) setup make a difference?) songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2019-06-18 15:10 +0200
  Re: System on a chip - performance relative size and setup (how can the (Debian) setup make a difference?) Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk> - 2019-06-18 15:20 +0200
  Re: System on a chip - performance relative size and setup (how can  the (Debian) setup make a difference?) Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2019-06-18 15:20 +0200
    Re: System on a chip - performance relative size and setup (how can the (Debian) setup make a difference?) rhkramer@gmail.com - 2019-06-18 16:10 +0200
      Example of an M2 form factor SSD (was: Re: System on a chip - performance relative size and setup (how can the (Debian) setup make a difference?) rhkramer@gmail.com - 2019-06-19 14:30 +0200
        Re: M2 form factor SSD Peter Ehlert <peter@sdi-baja.com> - 2019-06-19 18:10 +0200
    Re: System on a chip - performance relative size and setup (how can  the (Debian) setup make a difference?) Erik Josefsson <erik.hjalmar.josefsson@gmail.com> - 2019-06-18 17:30 +0200
      Re: System on a chip - performance relative size and setup (how can the (Debian) setup make a difference?) rhkramer@gmail.com - 2019-06-18 17:40 +0200
        Re: System on a chip - performance relative size and setup (how can  the (Debian) setup make a difference?) Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2019-06-18 17:50 +0200
      Re: System on a chip - performance relative size and setup (how can  the (Debian) setup make a difference?) Nicholas Geovanis <nickgeovanis@gmail.com> - 2019-06-18 17:50 +0200
        Re: System on a chip - performance relative size and setup (how can  the (Debian) setup make a difference?) Erik Josefsson <erik.hjalmar.josefsson@gmail.com> - 2019-06-18 18:20 +0200
          Re: System on a chip - performance relative size and setup (how can the (Debian) setup make a difference?) Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk> - 2019-06-18 21:10 +0200
            Re: System on a chip - performance relative size and setup (how can  the (Debian) setup make a difference?) Erik Josefsson <erik.hjalmar.josefsson@gmail.com> - 2019-06-18 23:20 +0200
              Re: System on a chip - performance relative size and setup (how can  the (Debian) setup make a difference?) Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2019-06-19 00:00 +0200
                Re: System on a chip - performance relative size and setup (how can  the (Debian) setup make a difference?) Erik Josefsson <erik.hjalmar.josefsson@gmail.com> - 2019-06-19 12:00 +0200
                Re: System on a chip - performance relative size and setup (how can the (Debian) setup make a difference?) Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk> - 2019-06-19 12:30 +0200
                Re: System on a chip - performance relative size and setup (how can the (Debian) setup make a difference?) deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2019-06-19 12:50 +0200
                Re: System on a chip - performance relative size and setup (how can the (Debian) setup make a difference?) Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk> - 2019-06-19 13:20 +0200
                Re: System on a chip - performance relative size and setup (how can  the (Debian) setup make a difference?) Erik Josefsson <erik.hjalmar.josefsson@gmail.com> - 2019-06-19 13:40 +0200
                Re: System on a chip - performance relative size and setup (how can the (Debian) setup make a difference?) Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk> - 2019-06-19 14:10 +0200
                Re: System on a chip - performance relative size and setup (how can  the (Debian) setup make a difference?) Erik Josefsson <erik.hjalmar.josefsson@gmail.com> - 2019-06-20 09:00 +0200
                Re: System on a chip - performance relative size and setup (how can the (Debian) setup make a difference?) Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk> - 2019-06-20 09:40 +0200
                Re: System on a chip - performance relative size and setup (how can  the (Debian) setup make a difference?) Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2019-06-19 16:00 +0200
              Re: System on a chip - performance relative size and setup (how can  the (Debian) setup make a difference?) Nicholas Geovanis <nickgeovanis@gmail.com> - 2019-06-19 00:00 +0200
              Re: System on a chip - performance relative size and setup (how can the (Debian) setup make a difference?) Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk> - 2019-06-19 01:40 +0200
  Re: System on a chip - performance relative size and setup (how can  the (Debian) setup make a difference?) Jochen Spieker <ml@well-adjusted.de> - 2019-06-18 21:50 +0200
  Re: System on a chip - performance relative size and setup (how can  the (Debian) setup make a difference?) David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2019-06-19 03:40 +0200
    Re: System on a chip - performance relative size and setup (how can the (Debian) setup make a difference?) Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk> - 2019-06-19 04:10 +0200
    Re: System on a chip - performance relative size and setup (how can the (Debian) setup make a difference?) deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2019-06-19 12:50 +0200
      Re: System on a chip - performance relative size and setup (how can  the (Debian) setup make a difference?) David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2019-06-20 02:20 +0200
    Re: System on a chip - performance relative size and setup (how can  the (Debian) setup make a difference?) Erik Josefsson <erik.hjalmar.josefsson@gmail.com> - 2019-06-21 09:30 +0200
      Re: System on a chip - performance relative size and setup (how can the (Debian) setup make a difference?) Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk> - 2019-06-21 12:20 +0200
        Re: System on a chip - performance relative size and setup (how can  the (Debian) setup make a difference?) Erik Josefsson <erik.hjalmar.josefsson@gmail.com> - 2019-06-21 15:10 +0200
          Re: System on a chip - performance relative size and setup (how can  the (Debian) setup make a difference?) Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2019-06-22 22:30 +0200
            Re: System on a chip - performance relative size and setup (how can  the (Debian) setup make a difference?) Erik Josefsson <erik.hjalmar.josefsson@gmail.com> - 2019-06-23 07:50 +0200
              Re: System on a chip - performance relative size and setup (how can the (Debian) setup make a difference?) Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk> - 2019-06-23 08:50 +0200
                Re: System on a chip - performance relative size and setup (how can  the (Debian) setup make a difference?) Erik Josefsson <erik.hjalmar.josefsson@gmail.com> - 2019-06-23 15:50 +0200
                Re: System on a chip - performance relative size and setup (how can the (Debian) setup make a difference?) Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk> - 2019-06-23 17:10 +0200
      Re: System on a chip - performance relative size and setup (how can  the (Debian) setup make a difference?) David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2019-06-22 01:10 +0200
        Re: System on a chip - performance relative size and setup (how can the (Debian) setup make a difference?) Erik Josefsson <erik.hjalmar.josefsson@gmail.com> - 2019-06-22 11:50 +0200

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