2014-05-16, 01:02
Following a number of Ubuntu upgrades as recommended by various forum members on another thread, in particular a new GPU, moving to an SSD for the OS drive and also installing 14.04 x64, I wondered what optimisations can be implemented to further improve / optimise performance and playback.
I'm running a C2D @ 2.4GHz, 8GB RAM, 128GB SSD, 4GB GT 640, 2 x 250GB SATA drives - everything is SATA 2 as that is all the motherboard can handle. RAM usage is seldom above 2GB and the swap file never seems to get used.
I've done a bit of digging and so far it looks like reducing 'swappiness' to 0 seems like a good option. I've also read a little about symbolic links and putting them into a ram drive.
I wondered if anyone has done this and if they have seen a noticable difference on a box that is primarily used for XBMC?
It would also be good to know if any there are any temporary files / folders generated by XBMC [not logs] which are used for streaming that are worth creating symbolic links for and putting into a ram drive?
I've seen threads regarding the cache buffer size which also seems worth a look at. Possibly to 1GB [which will multiply by 3]. I also wondered if the cache buffer size includes all the different types of streams that addons generate [including YouTube] so that they are stored in RAM and the stream isn't written to the SSD - thus increasing the lifespan of the SSD slightly.
Lastly, are there any other recommends that anyone has regarding optimising performance for an SSD drive and 8GB RAM please?
I'm running a C2D @ 2.4GHz, 8GB RAM, 128GB SSD, 4GB GT 640, 2 x 250GB SATA drives - everything is SATA 2 as that is all the motherboard can handle. RAM usage is seldom above 2GB and the swap file never seems to get used.
I've done a bit of digging and so far it looks like reducing 'swappiness' to 0 seems like a good option. I've also read a little about symbolic links and putting them into a ram drive.
I wondered if anyone has done this and if they have seen a noticable difference on a box that is primarily used for XBMC?
It would also be good to know if any there are any temporary files / folders generated by XBMC [not logs] which are used for streaming that are worth creating symbolic links for and putting into a ram drive?
I've seen threads regarding the cache buffer size which also seems worth a look at. Possibly to 1GB [which will multiply by 3]. I also wondered if the cache buffer size includes all the different types of streams that addons generate [including YouTube] so that they are stored in RAM and the stream isn't written to the SSD - thus increasing the lifespan of the SSD slightly.
Lastly, are there any other recommends that anyone has regarding optimising performance for an SSD drive and 8GB RAM please?