Wagner Danda Weblog » Chrome http://www.wagnerdanda.me .NET, OpenSource, Web 2.0 and other projects Fri, 06 Aug 2010 04:28:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 How to fix Google Chrome problems with SSD – move cache to ramdisk http://www.wagnerdanda.me/2010/08/how-to-fix-google-chrome-problems-with-ssd-move-cache-to-ramdisk/ http://www.wagnerdanda.me/2010/08/how-to-fix-google-chrome-problems-with-ssd-move-cache-to-ramdisk/#comments Fri, 06 Aug 2010 00:47:30 +0000 Wagner Danda http://www.wagnerdanda.me/?p=193 --disk-cache-size=]]> If you’ve experienced SSD stuttering while using Google Chrome, you’re not alone. Here is the quick solution: change Chrome’s cache directory to another location (i.e. non-ssd harddrive, ramdisk)!

So, how can I do this? It’s simple, you can tweak Chrome with the following startup parameters:

  • “…chrome.exe” –disk-cache-dir=<CACHE_DIR> –disk-cache-size=<SIZE_IN_BYTES>

Here is an example, pointing to a ramdisk drive (T:) and allocating a max of 500MB to it (which is nice to be able to control when you’re using ramdisk):

  • chrome.exe –disk-cache-dir=T:\ChromeCache –disk-cache-size=524288000

Here is a discussion post about these new parameters for more info:

So far this has worked great for me, much better than reallocating the whole home dir using symlinks, junctions and the –user-data-dir parameter . If you still want to do this, follow these examples:

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A page refresh would usually take up to 3 seconds (localhost) even without changing the source code (so it should be instantaneously, especially now that I’m using a SSD).

It appears that there is some kind of bug on Vista/Windows 7 with DSN and IPv6, but that can be easily fixed. Here are some of the solutions I have found:

1. Recommended Solution – machine wide: uncomment the localhost address in the hosts file (%WINDIR%\System32\drivers\etc\hosts): (source)

# localhost name resolution is handled within DNS itself.

127.0.0.1       localhost

# ::1             localhost

# localhost name resolution is handled within DNS itself.
127.0.0.1       localhost
# ::1             localhost

2. Firefox-only solution: disable IPv6

1. Type about:config in the address bar and press Enter.

2. Scroll down until you find network.dns.disableIPv6.

3. Double-click on it to change its value to true.

4. Restart Firefox.

3. System wide-configuration (option 1): Disable IPv6 Random identifier

netsh interface tcp set global autotuninglevel=disabled

4. System wide-configuration (option 2): Disable IPv6 from Your LAN Interfaces and Connections

1. Launch Vista, click on Start, and then click on Run. Once the Run window appears, type regedit.

2. Once you have accessed the registry, you will add a registry value as follows: (DWORD type) Set to OxFF.

3. The registry is as follows: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip6\Parameters\DisabledComponents

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