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Your kernel will already cache all IO in memory. You can decrease the to-disk syncing to e.g. once per day. ```sysctl.conf vm.dirty_writeback_centisecs = 8640
by unglaublich 2y ago
Your kernel will already cache all IO in memory.
You can decrease the to-disk syncing to e.g. once per day.
```sysctl.conf
vm.dirty_writeback_centisecs = 86400000
```
- JeremyBarbosa 2y agoGood point, but I was more talking about distros designed for a smooth day-to-day experience. A user would probably want something like SquashFS (to save space on the SD card) and ZRAM (to conserve RAM) since all their files would be living there.
- eGQjxkKF6fif 2y agoThanks for this information. That's actually really helpful for me to know in my server administration dealings. I _hate_ disk IO and disk thrash. I was aware of kernel stuff but completed eluded me that I could modify it. I put it to 7200