=================== Switching Scheduler =================== Each io queue has a set of io scheduler tunables associated with it. These tunables control how the io scheduler works. You can find these entries in:: /sys/block/<device>/queue/iosched assuming that you have sysfs mounted on /sys. If you don't have sysfs mounted, you can do so by typing:: # mount none /sys -t sysfs It is possible to change the IO scheduler for a given block device on the fly to select one of mq-deadline, none, bfq, or kyber schedulers - which can improve that device's throughput. To set a specific scheduler, simply do this:: echo SCHEDNAME > /sys/block/DEV/queue/scheduler where SCHEDNAME is the name of a defined IO scheduler, and DEV is the device name (hda, hdb, sga, or whatever you happen to have). The list of defined schedulers can be found by simply doing a "cat /sys/block/DEV/queue/scheduler" - the list of valid names will be displayed, with the currently selected scheduler in brackets:: # cat /sys/block/sda/queue/scheduler [mq-deadline] kyber bfq none # echo none >/sys/block/sda/queue/scheduler # cat /sys/block/sda/queue/scheduler [none] mq-deadline kyber bfq