From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A75D138010 for ; Wed, 5 Sep 2012 15:20:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 28D5AE07E8; Wed, 5 Sep 2012 15:19:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.digimed.co.uk (82-69-83-178.dsl.in-addr.zen.co.uk [82.69.83.178]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7545CE06D9 for ; Wed, 5 Sep 2012 15:17:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from hactar.digimed.co.uk (hactar.digimed.co.uk [192.168.1.3]) by mail.digimed.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 9D5BD804EA for ; Wed, 5 Sep 2012 16:17:47 +0100 (BST) Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2012 16:17:43 +0100 From: Neil Bothwick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] aligning SSD partitions Message-ID: <20120905161743.1f2ecd9d@hactar.digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <50474B1D.8070306@gmail.com> References: <20120904072003.GD3095@ca.inter.net> <20120905092358.7bd9915f@hactar.digimed.co.uk> <20120905090249.GB3097@ca.inter.net> <201209051023.52973.peter@humphrey.ukfsn.org> <50473261.9040704@gmail.com> <20120905133146.2ad0ffa1@hactar.digimed.co.uk> <50474B1D.8070306@gmail.com> Organization: Digital Media Production X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.1cvs42 (GTK+ 2.24.11; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7260 0F33 97EC 2F1E 7667 FE37 BA6E 1A97 4375 1903 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=PGP-SHA1; boundary="Sig_/Ory=9FDP83Sw1cVBX+I0RZW"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: 0bf85a4d-6ffe-423b-9195-06f87e91f29c X-Archives-Hash: f72c6751791dd50f9d5b94ccd1b20dd7 --Sig_/Ory=9FDP83Sw1cVBX+I0RZW Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 05 Sep 2012 07:52:45 -0500, Dale wrote: > >> I might also add, I see no speed improvements in putting portages > >> work directory on tmpfs. I have tested this a few times and the > >> difference in compile times is just not there. =20 > > Probably because with 16GB everything stays cached anyway. > I cleared the cache between the compiles. This is the command I use: >=20 > echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches But you are still using the RAM as disk cache during the emerge, the data doesn't stay around long enough to need to get written to disk with so much RAM for cache. --=20 Neil Bothwick "There are no stupid questions, just too many inquisitive idiots." --Sig_/Ory=9FDP83Sw1cVBX+I0RZW Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlBHbRsACgkQum4al0N1GQP9hACfZBIR7kFIYVNuVBs5NouVr2KJ u9oAoI9Sm4WR2ZCCKGAUZqIHyXVGRGe+ =H1vE -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/Ory=9FDP83Sw1cVBX+I0RZW--