But as you say, everyone is entitled to their own meaning
Well, on our server systems, swap is always a partition as well, and we're using SSD drives (so no access issues like hd). Fragmentation is one thing, and as I said, isn't important on flash drives. Filesystem overhead is neglegible, too, which I also said, but not non-existent, so ... I take what I can get. And speed is of the essence here anyway.
And my point also is to wear out a specific range of the memory at the end of the sd card, so should it wear out, you can still use the card by leaving that spot unpartitioned, if it's in the midst of your card, you can throw it away. And if it's in the midst of your internal sdcard, well you do that maths
Anyway, just trying to give my reasons why I prefer a partiton, I'll use it this way anyway, I don't need everybody to agree with me on this But would not want people going, oops, damn, had I known this ...
JP.
PS: Consider also the link you posted spoke about a computer system with harddrives, not a phone, if I'm not mistaken (--> 2005, Android initial release = September 20, 2008).
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But as you say, everyone is entitled to their own meaning
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Yank is right.
Basically, don't compare Linux on normal computers (running platter HDD) with portable Linux devices, running SSD.
Settings for each, preferences etc differ.
Another example: Deadline is the best scheduler for SSD such as our smart phones... but deadline sucks on HDD
SWAP works great on SSD, filesystem or partition. But always safer used over External memory, instead of internal. Extreme case,
any corrupt sectors or memory issues, your phone might become useless.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1369817
Q. "Best I/O Scheduler?"
A.There is nothing called "best" i/o scheduler. Depending on your usage environment and tasks/apps been run, use different schedulers. That's the best i can suggest.
However, considering the overall performance, battery, reliability and low latency, it is believed that
SIO > Noop > Deadline > VR > BFQ > CFQ, given all schedulers are tweaked and the storage used is a flash device.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1369817
Q. "Best I/O Scheduler?"
A.There is nothing called "best" i/o scheduler. Depending on your usage environment and tasks/apps been run, use different schedulers. That's the best i can suggest.
However, considering the overall performance, battery, reliability and low latency, it is believed that
SIO > Noop > Deadline > VR > BFQ > CFQ, given all schedulers are tweaked and the storage used is a flash device.
The important statement here being :
Quote:
Depending on your usage environment and tasks/apps been run, use different schedulers. That's the best i can suggest.
Noone can tell it for you, you need to experiment and find your own way.
Life's not always easy on us, and sometime we just need to do the (dirty) work ourselves
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1369817
Q. "Best I/O Scheduler?"
A.There is nothing called "best" i/o scheduler. Depending on your usage environment and tasks/apps been run, use different schedulers. That's the best i can suggest.
However, considering the overall performance, battery, reliability and low latency, it is believed that
SIO > Noop > Deadline > VR > BFQ > CFQ, given all schedulers are tweaked and the storage used is a flash device.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Yank555
The important statement here being :
Noone can tell it for you, you need to experiment and find your own way.
Agreed.
Rephrase: By MY tests, I found Deadline to be best...since SGS days.
Try it, you'll know why. Although, beware, SIO gives better Benchmark results than NOOP, & yet, not actually always faster in terms of User Response. (Doesn't mean its slower, but not faster). Same applies to many. These, just can't be generalized for everyone, or every device.
Update for zram settings that I have been using. 50 Swappiness, 60 Pressure.
Has been running great last night. Back to STweaks defaults (Linux cfs) now to see if it lags/errors etc again like it did on first flash.
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