Dan Harris <fbsd@drivefaster.net> wrote:
> Just another anecdote, I found that the deadline scheduler
> performed the best for me. I don't have the benchmarks anymore
> but deadline vs cfq was dramatically faster for my tests. I
> posted this to the list years ago and others announced similar
> experiences. Noop was a close 2nd to deadline.
That was our experience when we benchmarked a few years ago. Some
more recent benchmarks seem to have shown improvements in cfq, but
we haven't had enough of a problem with our current setup to make it
seem worth the effort of running another set of benchmarks on that.
-Kevin