noop or deadline on an SSD?

Stan Hoeppner stan at hardwarefreak.com
Sun Apr 21 19:58:00 CDT 2013


On 4/21/2013 5:38 PM, Pedro Ribeiro wrote:

> Ok, I also read that with an SSD I should be using noop or deadline. And
> which one of these would perform better with XFS with an SSD? And while I'm
> at it, which one would be best for a  mechanical drive?

$ echo [noop|deadline] > /sys/block/sdX/queue/scheduler

Given the ease with which one can switch between the two, it's far
better to test each yourself with your hardware and workloads, than to
rely on any generic advice.

-- 
Stan



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