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On my desktop installation (no ssd), when I try to move files between drives with the Nemo file manager, the system slows to a crawl and becomes basically unusable. My guess is that the system is caching all the gigabytes of the files being transferred and that knocks all of the more useful system files out of memory so it has to refetch them from the disk to keep using the system.

• Is there a way to tell Nemo to do file transfers directly (avoiding system cache)? Maybe something like direct flag in dd?


• Is there a way to tell the Linux kernel to prioritize files on the system drive over files being transferred?

files memory cache file-transfer nemo

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  do you get the same slowdown if you copy the files from the command line (e.g. with cp or rsync or whatever), or does it only happen in nemo?
  
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  BTW, try googling for nemo file manager slow or similar - it seems that there have been numerous complaints over the years about nemo's performance, especially in directories with lots of files.
  
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  @cas Most of the results seem to be complaining about nemo itself being slow, not a nemo file transfer slowing down the rest of the system.
  
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On my desktop installation (no ssd), when I try to move files between drives with the Nemo file manager, the system slows to a crawl and becomes basically unusable. My guess is that the system is caching all the gigabytes of the files being transferred and that knocks all of the more useful system files out of memory so it has to refetch them from the disk to keep using the system.

• Is there a way to tell Nemo to do file transfers directly (avoiding system cache)? Maybe something like direct flag in dd?


• Is there a way to tell the Linux kernel to prioritize files on the system drive over files being transferred?

files memory cache file-transfer nemo

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edited 14 mins ago

Benjamin

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  do you get the same slowdown if you copy the files from the command line (e.g. with cp or rsync or whatever), or does it only happen in nemo?
  
  – cas
  26 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  BTW, try googling for nemo file manager slow or similar - it seems that there have been numerous complaints over the years about nemo's performance, especially in directories with lots of files.
  
  – cas
  23 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @cas Most of the results seem to be complaining about nemo itself being slow, not a nemo file transfer slowing down the rest of the system.
  
  – Benjamin
  15 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

On my desktop installation (no ssd), when I try to move files between drives with the Nemo file manager, the system slows to a crawl and becomes basically unusable. My guess is that the system is caching all the gigabytes of the files being transferred and that knocks all of the more useful system files out of memory so it has to refetch them from the disk to keep using the system.

• Is there a way to tell Nemo to do file transfers directly (avoiding system cache)? Maybe something like direct flag in dd?


• Is there a way to tell the Linux kernel to prioritize files on the system drive over files being transferred?

files memory cache file-transfer nemo

share|improve this question

edited 14 mins ago

Benjamin

asked 31 mins ago

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edited 14 mins ago

Benjamin

asked 31 mins ago

BenjaminBenjamin

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edited 14 mins ago

Benjamin

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asked 31 mins ago

BenjaminBenjamin

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