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Performance issue with UBUNTU
Hello I have installed Ubuntu on an OCZ SSD 240GB because I wanted lightning performance and excellent response times. This is the case when I log in everything is great. After a while of using though ...
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SSD tweaks for Ubuntu 12.04 cause Texmaker to compile a lot slower
I added these tweaks from Ubuntu SSD Tweak and Ubuntu Tweaks but now Texmaker is compiling slowly. Does someone know what tweak would be causing this? Or could I edit something unrelated to the ...
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Slow SSD + dm-crypt with Luks encryption in Ubuntu 12.10
I have an 128 GB SSD installed in my laptop (Samsung 840 Pro) on a Sata 3 interface. This laptop also has an i5 3210m Ivy Bridge Intel processor and 8 GB of RAM.
I installed Ubuntu 12.10, using the ...
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Why is my Intel SSD 520 so slow?
I'm running a fresh installed Ubuntu 12.04 LTS with ext4 on a SSD 520 by Intel. My mainboard is an ASUS Crosshair (latest BIOS 1207) with a Sil 3132 SATA Controller which claims to support SATAII. I ...
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Slow Samsung 830 SSD!
I did a fresh install of Xubuntu 12.04.1, ext4 with discard option & swappiness set to 0, mounting temp directory in RAM, (8GB.)
I found performance was not stellar, in fact, marginally better ...
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SSD caching (e.g. ASUS P9X79 WS) ‒ possible on Ubuntu?
Some motherboards such as ASUS P9X79 WS support something called “ASUS SSD caching”. You can connect 1 HDD and 1 SSD to 2 designated SATA ports, and IUUC, you can have a setup in which the motherboard ...
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Choosing File System for Solid State Drive [duplicate]
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How do I optimize the OS for SSDs?
I have just bought a Sandisk 120 GB Solid State Drive on which I want to run Ubuntu 12.10 as fast as possible. What's the recommend ...
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16GB SSD booster on ubuntu
I've bought a Lenovo Thinkpad Edge laptop which has a hybrid 320GB HDD + 16GB SSD, then I've installed Ubuntu 12.04, so now I have dual boot - Ubuntu/Windows7.
Everything is fine but the question is ...
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Ubuntu SSD performance issue
I have installed Ubuntu 12.04 on a 55GB Adata S599 SSD. I have a Asus M4N68T motherboard that does not support AHCI. Bootup takes a lot longer than expected and working in the system is not even close ...
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How do I install Anything-sync-daemon?
From the Arch Linux wiki:
Anything-sync-daemon (asd) is a tiny shell script designed to manage target directories in tmpfs and to periodically sync them back to your physical disc (HDD/SSD). This ...
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What in /home would benefit from being on an SSD?
In Is a 40GB SSD practical to use for ' / ' Jorge describes how he symlinks directories in his /home that would benefit from being on an SSD. The directories he names are
~/.cache
~/.config
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How can I log my SSD's read performance over time?
I'd like to keep a log over time, perhaps weekly, of my solid state drive's read rate as determined by a tool like System -> Administration -> Disk Utility -> Benchmark:
Is there a way to archive ...
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Is there a way to force a specific file to exist in RAM only?
I like this suggestion of mounting a tmpfs at /var/log in order to reduce disk writes.
Is there any way to do something similar for just a single file such as ~/.xsession-errors?
My incentive for ...
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How do I optimize the OS for SSDs?
What steps should be taken before/during/after installation of Ubuntu on a Solid State Drive to optimize performance and ensure maximum durability of the drive?
