From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nick Dokos Subject: Re: What HW/SW issues influence org/Emacs performance? Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2012 08:32:49 -0400 Message-ID: <8643.1345379569@alphaville> References: <2012-08-19T12-13-00@devnull.Karl-Voit.at> Reply-To: nicholas.dokos@hp.com Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:41303) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1T34gY-0006rP-03 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 19 Aug 2012 08:32:54 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1T34gW-0003rA-Su for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 19 Aug 2012 08:32:53 -0400 Received: from g6t0186.atlanta.hp.com ([15.193.32.63]:14166) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1T34gW-0003r6-Ot for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 19 Aug 2012 08:32:52 -0400 In-Reply-To: Message from Karl Voit of "Sun, 19 Aug 2012 12:56:27 +0200." <2012-08-19T12-13-00@devnull.Karl-Voit.at> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: news1142@Karl-Voit.at Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Karl Voit wrote: > > What do you think are the most important factors? > > - CPU speed (of one core) > - type of CPU > - # CPU cores > - 32bit kernel vs. 64bit kernel > - faster I/O (through HDD->SSD or even faster SSD) > - choice of the file system (optimized for something? what?) > - operating system > - possible ELISP optimizations (are there any besides compiling?) > How much memory do you have? Are you swapping at all? If yes, get more memory. Nick