Questions tagged [cfq]

It is for question related with CFQ (Complete Fairness Queueing) I/O scheduler, e.g. how it works and how to manage/tune it.

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can't set CFQ elevator on Kubuntu 19.04

You can not choose CFQ scheduler in Kubuntu 19.04 since it has been removed from the 5.0 kernel. In my case I need CFQ because it gives the best performance with my rotating hard drive when running a virtual machine with Windows 10 as guest S.O, the…
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scheduler: how to tune cfq to favor interactive processes

Problem: scheduler doesn't seem to favor interactive processes: On a desktop system with automatic cron-scheduled backups from one (btrfs) disk to another (ext4). The backup process mounts the idle disk (/dev/sda), backups to it, and finally…
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