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  1. Bug #131094
  2. Comment #127

Comment 127 for bug 131094

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Tobias Oetiker (tobi-oetiker) wrote : Re: [Bug 131094] Re: Heavy Disk I/O harms desktop responsiveness

Not that this helps much for a laptop setup. But since I think that
the problem is more deeply rooted than this. I tried what happens
when the ext3 journal is kept on a fast external device ... It
seems to take the pressure of the vm, so that its fairness bugs do
not hurt much anymore.

http://insights.oetiker.ch/linux/external-journal-on-ssd.html

cheers
tobi

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