Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 18:34:32 -0500 (CDT) From: "Jay D. Nelson" <jdn@qiv.com> To: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Async mounts (Was:Re: FreeBSD is slower than Linux !?) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970814182738.1254A-100000@acp.qiv.com> In-Reply-To: <33F287A5.42877E5C@whistle.com>
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You make a good argument. Frankly, I never thought of some of the more useful ways to use async mounts. I stand chastened -- and more knowledgeable. Thanks. -- Jay On Wed, 13 Aug 1997, Julian Elischer wrote: >Jay D. Nelson wrote: >> >> My point was simply that when you put both under a real life multiuser >> load, the differences are fairly obvious. And frankly, I wouldn't use >> async mounts for anything other than news. >> >> -- Jay > >I use them for /usr/obj or /usr/src for that matter >(I can always get it back from the cvs tree.) >makes compiles al ot faster.. >I also switch to async mode whenever I have a massive rm -rf to do > >or for restores or unpacking packages and tar files etc.. > -- Jay
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