Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 23:51:13 -0600 From: Eric Kjeldergaard <kjelderg@gmail.com> To: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Use /var for storing webpages.. Why??? Message-ID: <d9175cad0412142151115098@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20041215041357.GE862@wantadilla.lemis.com> References: <001d01c4e259$452536d0$0200a8c0@PANASONIULSWMR> <20041215035627.GD862@wantadilla.lemis.com> <004c01c4e25b$59bd5c60$0200a8c0@PANASONIULSWMR> <20041215041357.GE862@wantadilla.lemis.com>
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> > Does storing webpages in /var give you a performance increase? > > No. > Well, this is not necessarily true. When designing a server and optimising for performance, one thinks about which partitions will get certain types of usage. One that varies a lot you will want to have a fast disk or the fast part of a disk. When designing one that changes very little, you would want to utilise the slower drives/parts of drives. In this way, if you page is variant data (changes a lot) and you've designed your system such that frequently modified directories (/var and /tmp, for isntance) get the fastest partitions, certainly it would give a performance increase. -- If I write a signature, my emails will appear more personalised.
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