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Filesystem Performance

For the fastest performance speed, store your files in the WSL file system if you are working in a Linux command line

How much faster?

/mnt/c/... $ time cdk list
real    0m50.455s
user    0m12.842s
sys     0m3.273s

/mnt/c/... $ time cdk list
real    0m58.277s
user    0m12.903s
sys     0m3.695s

/mnt/c/... $ time cdk list
real    1m2.526s
user    0m16.329s
sys     0m4.345s

~/... $ time cdk list
real    0m16.821s
user    0m8.208s
sys     0m1.506s

~/... $ time cdk list
real    0m19.869s
user    0m9.145s
sys     0m1.365s

~/... $ time cdk list
real    0m17.114s
user    0m8.206s
sys     0m1.415s
  • average real /mnt/c 57s
  • average real ~/ 18s
  • ~/ 31% of /mnt/c

Automatic Updates

Use Task Scheduler to run periodically. https://www.riosec.com/articles/automatingupdatesforbashonubuntuonwindows10

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